We performed a comparison between HPE OneView and SolarWinds NPM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two IT Infrastructure Monitoring solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The best part is that you can integrate a two-way network. Earlier we could not manage the storage and ToR switch. Now we can create a LAN with our storage without any interface. In terms of switch management, it is now easy to understand the current configuration. It provides centralized management. It provides a single pane, and you can easily do all updates in one shot. It is a great product."
"Profile templates: The ability to generate the profiles and lay them down so the servers are built consistently. I would say that's probably the biggest piece of it."
"We lose less time managing the machines."
"It gives us a view of all our servers, which we did not have before in real-time."
"Have a single plane of glass across all of the server platforms."
"Broad range of tools to create executive and operations dashboards."
"I don't have to use CD-ROMs or anything like that to provision the servers."
"The solution's technical support was great...The initial setup of HPE OneView was easy."
"The product covers our needs for the basic care and feeding of servers, whether they are physical or virtual."
"SolarWinds' network and server application monitoring features are strong."
"The solution is easy to install and it takes a couple of hours."
"SolarWinds NPM has a colorful UI and many easy-to-use features. It does not need to be configured as much and is also easy to install."
"What I've found most valuable about the solution is that it's scalable."
"We can proactively fix historical issues, so we won't face those problems in future."
"A product that is well-tested and trusted in demanding situations."
"We have configured multiple alerts for our network devices, including routers and switches, so that we are notified if any interface goes down."
"Sometimes the interface can be a little confusing, sometimes the error messages can be very cryptic, as far as what's actually going on."
"I would like to see support for things that aren't in the current generation. We have a lot of 7th and 8th generation hardware."
"One thing which is missing is that you can't actually log a support call yourself."
"The solution could add storage, integration services, and end-to-end support for Cisco switches or other competitor products."
"Specifically, it would be great if we had the ability to reapply the server profile faster."
"Those features, coming in version 4, that we're looking for are the discovery, primarily. But I think the scope-based access control is of interest, although, we didn't see any directory integration, so that, in itself, seems like it's still limited."
"I saw, maybe three years ago or two years ago here, or in Barcelona, at the HPE Discover conference, a feature that you can update Clusterware with VMware. But the feature is still not live in production. Currently, you have to do all the firmware updates and then you have to do the VMware updates. So you have two reboots and it would be better if it was just one."
"It needs more reporting capabilities."
"Robustness of network element mapping tool could be better"
"The solution does not offer much customization so is somewhat inflexible."
"The SolarWinds notification and alerting configuration could be simplified as it would be easier to find if it was within the NPM web application instead of in a separate client application."
"There should be a little bit more integration in some of the other tooling and utilizing the APIs of devices or tools could be a little bit better."
"We are looking to change away from this solution because of the documentation and the solution doesn't have enough integration in our country. The documentation is too weak."
"Technical support can be slow to respond."
"The price of the solution can be improved."
"Scalability is a bit tricky because it requires more gateways in order to get the performance you may need. It also requires a lot of licensing."
HPE OneView is ranked 17th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 80 reviews while SolarWinds NPM is ranked 4th in IT Infrastructure Monitoring with 147 reviews. HPE OneView is rated 8.0, while SolarWinds NPM is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of HPE OneView writes "Provides firmware compliance and the ability to connect to iPO". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SolarWinds NPM writes "High-level, comprehensive, and proactive monitoring in a user-friendly interface". HPE OneView is most compared with Cisco Intersight, Dell CloudIQ, Zabbix, Lenovo XClarity Orchestrator and PRTG Network Monitor, whereas SolarWinds NPM is most compared with Zabbix, PRTG Network Monitor, ManageEngine OpManager, ThousandEyes and SolarWinds NetFlow Traffic Analyzer. See our HPE OneView vs. SolarWinds NPM report.
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