SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor (SRM) provides agentless visibility into storage health, performance, capacity, and availability across multi-vendor SAN and NAS environments, arrays, LUNs, and disks. For SANs, it tracks IOPS, latency, and throughput and detects I/O hotspots in real time. NAS monitoring displays capacity metrics and can alert on performance risks and capacity thresholds. SRM follows storage usage over time and forecasts when arrays, pools, LUNs, and volumes may reach their limits. Prebuilt reports and custom templates cover storage components, including web reports for volumes, LUNs, pools, and arrays. AppStack maps relationships among storage resources, while PerfStack correlates storage metrics with alerts and events. Polling uses SNMP, SMI-S, and REST APIs, with configurable intervals. Supported vendors include Dell, Dell EMC, Hitachi, HPE, IBM, NetApp, Pure Storage, and Huawei. SolarWinds says its platform products can run on physical or virtual servers on premises or in the cloud. SRM is self-hosted and available across web and Windows platforms. Pricing is on request; its fully functional 30-day trial requires registration with business contact details.
Who it is for
SRM is intended for IT teams managing storage environments that need to identify bottlenecks, forecast capacity, or troubleshoot performance issues. Its multi-vendor monitoring and agentless polling may suit teams overseeing SAN and NAS systems.
What is good
- Monitors SAN IOPS, latency, and throughput.
- Forecasts capacity limits for arrays, pools, LUNs, and volumes.
- Uses SNMP, SMI-S, and REST API polling.
- Supports multiple storage vendors.
- Offers a fully functional 30-day trial.
What to know first
- No free plan is listed.
- Pricing is available on request.
- Trial registration requires business contact details.
Verdict
SRM combines storage performance monitoring with capacity forecasts, reporting, and resource mapping. Its trial requires business contact details, and buyers need to request a custom quote for pricing.
Get started with SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor
- Open the SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor website
- Register with business contact details for the 30-day fully functional trial
- Deploy the SolarWinds Platform on a physical or virtual server
- Run it on-premises or in the cloud, including through Azure or AWS marketplaces
- Connect storage through SNMP, SMI-S, or REST APIs
- Set configurable polling intervals and add supported storage devices
Limits to know first
The fully functional trial lasts 30 days. There is no free plan, and ongoing pricing is provided by custom quote.
Questions about SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor
What does Storage Resource Monitor monitor?
It monitors storage health, performance, capacity, and availability across SAN, NAS, arrays, LUNs, and disks.
Which storage vendors are supported?
Supported vendors include Dell, Dell EMC, Hitachi, HPE, IBM, NetApp, Pure Storage, and Huawei.
Which protocols does it use?
Agentless polling uses SNMP, SMI-S, and REST APIs, with configurable polling intervals.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. The trial is fully functional for 30 days and requires registration with business contact details.
What platforms are available?
The product is offered for self-hosted, web, and Windows use; SolarWinds Platform products can run on physical or virtual servers on-premises or in the cloud.
How much does it cost?
Pricing is on request through a custom quote.
SolarWinds Storage Resource Monitor plans and pricing
All plansCompared on storage management software
- Free plan
- No
- Deployment
- on_prem
- Capacity monitoring
- Yes
- Performance optimization
- Yes
- Storage protocols
- SNMP, SMI-S, REST APIs
