On: Monitoring Is a Pain

[SteveNuts]

I’ve never before heard Solarwinds being discussed even in the same realm of observability.

Last time I used it it _barely_ can tell you up/down status of a hardware device via ICMP or SNMP.

Has it gotten 10,000x better in the last few years?

[AndrewKemendo → SteveNuts]

I didn’t know that it was possible not to connect those two given that it’s literally the entire Raison Detre of Solarwinds.

It is on every single part of their marketing materials and is exactly what they are selling to and promising CIOs and CISOs.

I mean just look at: https://www.solarwinds.com/

[SteveNuts → AndrewKemendo]

Have you ever... used it?

[AndrewKemendo → SteveNuts]

I'm not saying it works...just that's the whole problem they claim to be solving, which they clearly dont