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Archive for "11/2009"
2009-Nov-30
Howto: Branding and Customizing the PRTG Web Interface Using CSS
Many PRTG users want to use their own logos and/or corporate colors for the web interface of their PRTG installation. Today I want to write about a hidden feature of PRTG 7.2.x that allows you to modify the look&feel of the web interface using just a few CSS statements.2009-Nov-26
Monitoring (Almost) Any SQL Server Through ADO with PRTG Network Monitor
Today I would like to share a custom EXE sensor script for PRTG that monitors any SQL server using ActiveX Data Objects (ADO) and the PowerShell scripting language.2009-Nov-26
Providing Customized Login Screens for PRTG to Customers
Recently a company that uses its own PRTG installation to monitor customers' sites asked us how they can supply customized login screens with the customers' logos when they log into the MSP's PRTG installation. They are an MSP (Managed Service Provider) and offer monitoring of their customer sites as a service.2009-Nov-16
New Version of PRTG Consumes Less Memory and less CPU Cycles
Today we have released Version 7.2.2 of PRTG Network Monitor which includes substantial improvements regarding memory and CPU usage as well as some bugfixes. The performance related changes will affect all installations, regardless of the number of sensors, but will be most notable for installations with thousands of sensors.2009-Nov-16
Network Computing Has Tested All Major Monitoring Tools: PRTG Wins The Comparison!
In their October-issue German magazine Network Computing published a comparison test of all major network monitoring solutions. They included PRTG Network Monitor 7, WhatsUp Gold 14, Orion NPM 9.5 and OpManager 8.5.
Their verdict was clear: PRTG wins this comparison! Quote: "PRTG Network Monitor 7.2 was in fact the most comprehensively equipped monitoring package and also the simplest to use."
2009-Nov-10
How fast is your cloud? Depends on where you’re standing
Today I had a telefon interview about CloudClimate.com with Carl Brooks of SearchCloudComputing (techtarget.com). Afterwards Carl uploaded an interesting article about www.cloudclimate.com on their website.2009-Nov- 3
PRTG Running On a Netbook Monitors the Complete Paessler LAN - Can Your Monitoring Software Do this?
Today I would like to talk about my favorite toy of recent weeks. I wanted to find the smallest PC in our company that is still able to monitor our complete production LAN network. So I wandered around the office and the slowest PC that I could find was our netbook, a DELL Inspiron Mini 10. Would this tiny PC be able to monitor a thousand sensors with PRTG?2009-Nov- 2