A performance issue on a network is being troubleshooted and needs customization of metrics and...

The SolarWinds Platform provides distinct tools for visualizing different aspects of environmental health and performance.AppStackis primarily an entity-relationship mapping tool. According to theSolarWinds SAM Administrator Guide, "The AppStack Environment view provides a powerful layer of troubleshooting visibility by exposing all participating objects in your environment, as well as their relationships to one another". It allows administrators to customize whichentities(nodes, applications, volumes, etc.) are visible and how they are grouped to show dependencies.

Conversely,PerfStack(Performance Analysis) is the engine used for metric correlation. As stated in theSolarWinds Platform Administrator Guide, PerfStack allows users to "drag and drop performance metrics from multiple entities onto a single chart to correlate data over time". While AppStack excels at showingwhatis connected, PerfStack excels at showinghowspecific metrics (CPU, Latency, IOPS) across those connected entities interact. Therefore, a combination is required where AppStack handles theentitiesand PerfStack handles themetrics. Specifically, you use AppStack to identify the scope of entities involved in a performance bottleneck and then transition those entities into a PerfStack project to perform a deep-dive analysis of the metrics. This modular approach ensures that troubleshooting is both contextually aware (via AppStack) and data-driven (via PerfStack).