Monitor Hardware

Using a hardware monitor such as PRTG Network Monitor helps you to make sure that all your network devices are working properly and gives you peace of mind: you can rest assured that the Windows hardware monitor will alert you if a network problem or unusual traffic patterns are being detected.

How Does PRTG Monitor Hardware?

PRTG monitors hardware such as servers, workstations, routers, switches, network printers, etc. The network software can be used as a free CPU monitor (which monitors CPU usage and - depending on the make of your motherboard - CPU temperature), memory monitor, disk monitor (checking both disk health and free disk space). PRTG's cutting-edge technology allows you to monitor any hardware device that supports SNMP, WMI, syslog, etc. These protocols are used to transmit status information on your network devices to the central PRTG installation. This enables you to react quickly and proactively should a problem occurs. It is especially important to monitor server hardware, as servers often have to withstand high loads and usually are critical for many business processes. PRTG offers you a range of specialized sensors which allow you to monitor the hardware and to check that your servers are working properly (file servers, ftp servers, web servers, database servers, exchange servers, etc.).

PRTG: Monitor Hardware and More

In addition to hardware monitoring, PRTG's functionality includes bandwidth tracking, network speed testing, VoIP network monitoring, URL monitoring, and much more.

PRTG Network Monitoring Software is available in two editions. For basic, free network monitoring, the Freeware Edition (including the free CPU temp monitor) may be downloaded and used for personal and commercial use completely free of charge. For more advanced needs, licenses for the Commercial Editions start at $400 / €300.