Newsletter April 2010
Distributed Monitoring Using PRTG
For Multi-Location Businesses, MSPs, and Datacenter Providers
Do you know that every PRTG Network Monitor license includes a special feature for distributed monitoring? With the so-called remote probes that are included in each PRTG license you can monitor distributed networks. PRTG's unique probe architecture makes it easy to quickly configure and deploy a decentralized monitoring system.
The PRTG remote probes eliminate the need for multiple licenses and installations that are costly both to set up and maintain. This meets the needs of companies with multiple branch offices, as well as IT service providers that need to monitor distributed customer networks remotely.
Massive Performance Boost for Large Installations
Faster Windows and Web Interface
The newly-released version 7.3.3 of PRTG Network Monitor contains significant improvements for PRTG's built-in web server. Especially for large installations with thousands of sensors, this leads to a massive performance boost. The performance increase is based on two factors. On the one hand, we've implemented some tweaks and optimizations in PRTG's internal code. On the other hand, the new version now has a "speed mode" switch.
New Video Tutorials
PRTG Users Contribute through Training Videos
Several of our committed PRTG users have created video tutorials to help new customers get started with PRTG. The videos also explain the users' custom-made PRTG add-ons; and describe and offer solutions to solving complex technical tasks like how to use PRTG's packet sniffing sensors to monitor VoIP traffic in a virtualized environment.
The Paessler Support Team has added these video tutorials to the website in order to expand upon the self-support provided for all PRTG users, from those who've just started working with the product to the most advanced PRTG experts.
CloudClimate CDN Performance Test
Which CDN Provider Serves You Fastest?
In the last Paessler newsletter, we announced our globally distributed CDN speed test on CloudClimate. We would like to thank all users, who visited the webpage and ran the test. We logged the results from 66,000 test requests in our database and are excited to be able to reveal the first results.