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- Pre-Customized for many Cloud Management Services: PRTG sensor highlights
- PRTG Network Monitor - Overview
- Made for all cloud strategies independent monitoring with PRTG
- Definition of topic
- How can the Cloud Ping Sensor help?
- 5 reasons to choose PRTG as your cloud management tool
- White Paper: Monitoring of private clouds
Pre-Customized for many Cloud Management Services: PRTG sensor highlights
Cloud HTTP v2 sensor
Do you use certain cloud computing services in a variety of locations worldwide? Then check service accessibility and performance from your own particular location with our Cloud HTTP v2 sensor. Our PRTG clouds are located in Asia, Europe, and the USA. You’ll be able to determine response times from all over the world.
Cloud Ping v2 Sensor
With the Cloud Ping v2 sensor, our HTTP sensor’s “little brother,” you can likewise monitor your services’ Ping times from all over the world via our service. The servers are located in:
• Asia-Pacific: Tokyo
• Western Europe: Ireland
• Eastern USA: North Virginia
• Western USA: Oregon
For more features of the Cloud Ping v2 Sensor, please see below.
Amazon Web Services monitoring
Amazon CloudWatch is a frequently used monitoring service for Amazon Web Services (AWS). PRTG accesses the Amazon CloudWatch API, retrieves the data from every AWS account, and makes it centrally available. This is why PRTG is a good choice for those who have many different AWS accounts and wish to avoid having to constantly jump from one account to another, or for those who would like to implement an independent, local monitoring tool.
PRTG features the following AWS sensors:
- The AWS Alarm v2 sensor monitors the status of an AWS alarm
- The AWS Cost sensor monitors the cost of an AWS account
- The AWS EBS v2 sensor monitors the performance of the Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) cloud service
- The AWS EC2 v2 sensor monitors the performance of the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service
- The AWS ELB v2 sensor monitors the performance of the Amazon Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) cloud service
- The AWS RDS v2 sensor monitors the performance of the Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS) cloud service
Mail Server Monitoring
Companies use a wide variety of e-mail providers. And particularly with e-mail: when the system is down, the IT manager’s telephone rings at once. Here it has proven to be useful to apply threshold values so one is warned quickly – before crashes occur. With our mail server sensors!
VMware Monitoring
PAESSLER AG is a certified VMware technology partner. We have developed a series of sensors for VMware, including the VMware Virtual Machine sensor (SOAP) and VMware Host Hardware sensors (WBEM), which you can use to monitor ESX/ESXI server performance.
Azure sensors
- Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine sensor monitors the status of a virtual machine in a Microsoft Azure subscription.
- Microsoft Azure Subscription Cost sensor monitors the cost in a Microsoft Azure subscription.
- Microsoft Azure SQL Database sensor (Beta) monitors the metrics of an Azure SQL Database (single database or elastic pool) in a Microsoft Azure subscription.
- Microsoft Azure Storage Account sensor (Beta) monitors the storage account in a Microsoft Azure subscription.
Your own personal cloud sensor!
Create a cloud sensor to fit your needs. Then customize PRTG to work effectively with your own particular circumstances.
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PRTG Network Monitor – Overview
by Heather Pacan, Senior System Engineer
If you need a more comprehensive introduction to PRTG please have a look at our PRTG Network Monitor Overview webinars. Here you can also register for live webinars in the future.
Ping is a command-line utility, available on virtually any operating system with network connectivity, that acts as a test to see if a networked device is reachable. The ping command sends a request over the network to a specific device. A successful ping results in a response from the computer that was pinged back to the originating computer.
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How PRTG defines sensors
In PRTG, “sensors” are the basic monitoring elements. One sensor usually monitors one measured value in your network, e.g. the traffic of a switch port, the CPU load of a server, the free space of a disk drive. On average you need about 5-10 sensors per device or one sensor per switch port.
Find more than 250 additional sensors for your Cloud Monitoring Tool PRTG right here! PRTG effectively adapts to your infrastructure.
Here's what cloud management looks like in PRTG
Screenshot "Sunburst" Dashboard in PRTG
Unified Webshop Monitoring with PRTG Map
Cloud Ping v2 Sensor
Made for all cloud strategies independent monitoring with PRTG
Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
Many companies sign up for cloud computing services in order to benefit from greater virtual server capacities.
Example: A content delivery network (CDN) is set up for an international website, enabling the website’s contents to be stored on regional servers on site. Amazon Cloud, Microsoft’s Azure Cloud, or Google Services are often chosen as CDNs.
Why does an independent cloud monitoring tool make sense in such a situation? While Amazon offers its own Cloudwatch solution, your IT department will often have separate accounts for the various services or even from a number of different providers.
With PRTG, all accounts from all services are monitored together as one. PRTG is a comprehensive cloud monitoring service using a single dashboard, which is read at a quick glance.
Software as a Service
(SaaS)
Many specialty departments require specific software for their work, software which more and more frequently is only offered as an SaaS solution. Furthermore, an increasing number of companies are switching to services such as Microsoft Office 365. And lastly, ultimately many e-mail services are also cloud solutions which are in use practically everywhere.
Why does an independent cloud monitoring tool make sense in such a situation? As with IaaS, administrators using PRTG will enjoy a comprehensive cloud monitoring service that is both easy-to-use and quick to configure according to one’s own individual needs.
PRTG has already developed suitable sensors (measuring points) for many e-mail services and other programs such as Dropbox or Google Services. These sensors are created automatically upon installing PRTG. Administrators can thus get started with a customized monitoring tool for their IT system in no time at all.
Platform as a Service
(PaaS)
There are several PaaS services which provide an environment for developers. These services can often be used without any major administrative hassles or one-time, astronomical acquisition fees. Furthermore, the services enable software developers to work more easily. It therefore comes as no surprise that more and more companies are resorting to these trendy PaaS services.
Why does an independent cloud monitoring tool make sense in such a situation? For one, development work is highly sensitive. In the event of system failures, high repair costs often result. Especially when it’s not immediately clear where the problem lies: With the PaaS service? Or maybe with a router that is not working properly? With a comprehensive monitoring service, administrators instantly have everything in check.
The PRTG Cloud Ping v2 sensor
Ensure public facing services
are available
Check response times
from around the world
See the global average
response time
Respond to problems, before your customers do
Definition of topic
According to research by Google, 53% of mobile website visitors will abandon a page if it doesn’t load within three seconds. But web servers are only one example of publicly accessible services, and of course PRTG provides a range of sensors to check on website availability and performance Web Servers (HTTP) Sensors. But what about all those other internet facing services – VPN concentrators, email servers, FTP sites, even edge routers and firewalls?
Any online service you provide to your customers, shareholders or employees makes a statement about the capability and professionalism of your organisation. Poor performance, or even worse, downtime can have a lasting negative impact on those users.
Increasing reliance on cloud based “X-as-a-Service” offerings means it’s not always obvious where your service instances are being delivered from. Many cloud service providers operate from data centres in different countries, or even different continents; and they are free to redistribute workloads according to cost, capacity and resilience demands. This makes it very difficult to keep track of the availability and performance of your public facing cloud services.
How can the Cloud Ping v2 Sensor help?
Whether you’re running your own services on-premise, or relying on global scale service providers, the Cloud Ping v2 Sensor can check the response times of your devices, from multiple locations around the world.
Simply configure the sensor with a publicly accessible target IP address or hostname. It will then ping that device from various locations within the PRTG cloud. These source locations include several in APAC, Europe and the Americas. Along with the ping times from these separate locations, the sensor also includes an “Average Response Time” channel as well, to give you an overall performance figure.
The PRTG Cloud Ping v2 Sensor enables you to measure the response times of your internet facing devices and services, from multiple locations around the world. It can also alert you if those response times become unacceptably slow, giving you a chance to take corrective action, before your customers even notice there’s a problem.
PRTG makes your job easier
Our monitoring software frees you to focus on other tasks by promptly notifying you of potential issues.
Save effort
PRTG gives you one central monitoring tool for your servers and entire network. Enjoy a quick overview of your whole infrastructure via our dashboard and app.
Save time
Getting started with PRTG is a breeze. Setting up or switching from another network monitoring tool is easy thanks to the auto-discovery and pre-configured device templates.
Save money
80% of our customers report substantial cost savings with network monitoring. Your costs of licenses will likely pay for themselves within weeks.
“The greatest advantage of PRTG? You get to rest easy.“
Steffen Ille, Bauhaus-University of Weimar, Germany
Your cloud status at a glance
PRTG is set up in a matter of minutes and can be used on a wide variety of mobile devices.
5 reasons to choose PRTG as your cloud management tool
1. Create overviews
Whether Amazon CloudWatch or other services: Using a separate and specific monitoring tool for every cloud service is inconvenient. You must continually log in and out and squander much time becoming familiar with tools and their controls. PRTG offers administrators a quick overview of all cloud services. Our tool is quick to notify you in the event a threshold value is exceeded. You define the threshold values – not the cloud provider.
2. Reap cost benefits
The main argument for many cloud services is centered around their cost savings. But when system failures occur, cost benefits quickly disappear. Particularly if the process of determining the cause of the failure is long and cumbersome. Unnecessary personnel costs also result which can quickly become expensive. With PRTG, you’ll reap the cost benefits of your cloud strategy.
3. Bolster your autonomy
With PRTG, you’ll have your own monitoring tool whose configuration you can customize all by yourself, and which will effectively adapt to your IT system. You’ll thereby protect yourself and be able to modify your license individually – according to which new cloud services you wish to integrate into your infrastructure.
4. Fewer reservations
In many IT and specialty departments, there are reservations regarding the use of cloud services. These doubts are often related to overdependence or the risk of system failures. With PRTG, you get an independent monitoring tool and can do away with any qualms you may have.
5. Provide peace of mind
PRTG notifies you if – and only if – a threshold value is exceeded. This means: There are no daily status updates by email letting you know everything is OK – unless of course you opt for this feature. All it takes is a quick look at the dashboard to see that everything is alright. Administrators are free to complete their work in peace, knowing they will be immediately alerted in the case of an emergency.
“Easy to implement and configure with good technical support.”
R. v. S., ICT Manager at Heinen & Hopman Eng BV
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“Fantastic network and infrastructure monitoring solution that is easy to deploy and easier still to use. Simply the best available.”
“Software is absolutely perfect, Support is superior. Meets all needs and requirements, this is a must have solution if you are needing any form of monitoring.”
“The tool excels at its primary focus of being a unified infrastructure management and network monitoring service.”
PRTG: The multi-tool for sysadmins
Adapt PRTG individually and dynamically to your needs and rely on a strong API:- HTTP API: Access monitoring data and manipulate monitoring objects via HTTP requests
- Custom sensors: Create your own PRTG sensors for customized monitoring
- Custom notifications: Create your own notifications and send action triggers to external systems
- REST Custom sensor: Monitor almost everything that provides data in XML or JSON format
Create innovative solutions with Paessler’s IT partners
Partnering with innovative IT vendors, Paessler unleashes synergies to create
new and additional benefits for joined customers.
Paessler is member of the mioty alliance, composed of companies that use mioty to create innovative IoT and IIoT solutions such as the retrofitting of industrial environments.
mioty alliance
PRTG monitors your entire network, data center and cloud services at a glance
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Data center monitoring
Data centers are the heart of every IT infrastructure. PRTG monitors your data center 24/7 and avoids bottlenecks and outages.
Sharepoint monitoring
A SharePoint Server malfunction can have serious consequences. PRTG monitoring helps you solve problems faster and keep SharePoint stable.
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More than 500,000 sysadmins love PRTG
Paessler PRTG is used by companies of all sizes. Sysadmins love PRTG because it makes their job a whole lot easier.
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Monitor your entire IT infrastructure
Bandwidth, servers, virtual environments, websites, VoIP services – PRTG keeps an eye on your entire network.
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PRTG |
Network Monitoring Software - Version 23.4.90.1299 (November 15th, 2023) |
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Hosting |
Download for Windows and cloud-based version PRTG Hosted Monitor available |
Languages |
English, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Dutch, Russian, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese |
Pricing |
Up to 100 sensors for free (Price List) |
Unified Monitoring |
Network devices, bandwidth, servers, applications, virtual environments, remote systems, IoT, and more |
Supported Vendors & Applications |
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