PRTG Network Monitor Feature Overview
Quick Download, Installation and Configuration
- Quick ad-hoc Download (40 MB): no web forms or registration hassles
- Runs on all Windows versions XP or later: server or workstation, 32 or 64 bit
- Installs in 3 minutes: no additional downloads (.NET, SQL Server etc.) required
- Interactive guidance by the software: For initial setup, most users will not need to read the manual (or need to have training)
- Option 1: Auto Discovery creates sensors for your network (about 1 min per device)
- Option 2: Manual device/sensor setup (about 5 min per device)
Easy to Use: Choose Between Three User Interfaces
- Web Browser based Interface: state of the art, AJAX based web site
- Windows GUI: native Windows application especially for large installations
- iPhone app: Access monitoring status on-the-road (must be purchased separately)
- All user interfaces allow SSL-secured local and remote access and can be used simultaneously
- Read more about the user interface options in the PRTG manual
Comprehensive Network Monitoring
- Uptime/Downtime Monitoring
- Bandwidth Monitoring using SNMP, WMI, NetFlow, sFlow, Packet Sniffing
- Application Monitoring
- SLA monitoring
- VoIP/QoS Monitoring
- Environmental Monitoring
- LAN, WAN, VPN, and Multiple Site Monitoring
- Extensive event logging
- Agentless monitoring (optional agent allows monitoring for even deeper metrix)
- More than 50 sensor types
Flexible Alerting
- 10 notification technologies: Email, SMS/Pager, Instant messaging, syslog and SNMP Trap, HTTP request, Event log entry, Play alarm sound files, Any external technology that can be triggered by an EXE or batch file
- Status alerts (up, down, warning)
- Limit alerts (value above/below x)
- Threshold alerts (above/below x for y minutes)
- Multiple condition alerts (x and y are down)
- Escalation alerts (extra notifications every x min during downtime)
- Dependencies (avoid alarm floods)
- Acknowledged Alarms (no more notifications for this alarm)
- Alert Scheduling (no low priority alerts at night)
Distributed Monitoring
With the so called Remote Probes PRTG Network Monitor can be used to monitor several networks in different locations:
- Monitor all subsidiaries from the headquarter
- Monitor sparated networks within your company (e.g. DMZ and LAN)
- As MSP you can monitor your customer's networks and increase the quality of service
Data Publishing and Maps
- Real time dashboards with live performance and status information
- Private and public dashboards: e.g. screens for network operations centers or maps with at-a-glance information for other employees
- Interactive map designer with 60 different map objects (status icons, traffic charts, top 10 lists, etc.)
- Click here for more and detailed features
In-Depth Reporting
- Reports in HTML or PDF format
- Reporting tasks can be run ad-hoc or scheduled (daily, weekly, monthly)
- Historic monitoring data can be exported as HTML, XML, CSV
- More than 30 report templates included
- Detailed graphs and data tables for one or more sensors
- Uptime/Downtime (% and seconds)
- Good/failed requests (% and totals)
- Top 100 Bandwidth Usage
- Top 100 CPU Usage
- Top 100 Ping Times
- Top 100 Disk Space
- Top 100 Uptime/Downtime
- And several others
- Click here for screenshots, sample reports and more detailed information
High Performance Design and High Security Standards
- PRTG supports monitoring from 1 up to 30,000 sensors per installation (max. number of sensors under optimal conditions)
- Paessler's proprietary database system is highly optimized for monitoring data (data is accessible through API)
- Much faster than SQL servers with less CPU usage
- Powerful enough to store years of data for thousands of sensors
- Low system requirements: Even a Netbook can monitor 1,500 sensors
- Multiple Probes allow to distribute high loads
- Multi site monitoring secured by SSL encryption for probe connections
- SSL secured web server (HTTPS) for Web, Windows and iPhone GUI
- Multiple User accounts with shared and private sensors as well as rights management
- More security features
Support for Customization
- Custom Sensors
- Custom Notifications
- Custom Device Templates
- Custom OIDLIB files
- Reports and web interface can be branded
- PRTG RESTful API allows to create/edit/delete monitoring objects and to access monitoring data
Why PRTG from Paessler?
- Software Engineering Made in Germany
- Paessler has been creating network monitoring tools since 1997
- Proven and reliable: Our software is in use by more than 150.000 users every day
- Ongoing customer satisfaction survey: >95% of our customers recommend PRTG to others
- Ongoing development and enhancement of the software since 1997
- PRTG is certified by various technology leaders: Cisco compatible, Works with Windows 2008 Server by Microsoft, vmware technology alliance partner, etc...
- World Class Support
- Inquiries answered in less than 24 hours on business days
- Answers come from our own in-house support engineers and the developer staff
- Paessler provides an extensive online Knowledge Base
