Data center power monitoring with PRTG
Stop power failures and overloads in their tracks
- Track and monitor power distribution in your data center from one dashboard
- Get critical insights for more energy efficient data center operations
- Make data center power management easier with a central monitoring solution
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PRTG data center power monitoring: What you’ll find on this page
PRTG makes data center power monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent data center downtime, and optimize energy costs.
Keep your data center powered up 24/7
When data centers are a part of your network, monitoring your UPSs, PDUs, and other power-related systems is a critical IT function. A downed data center because of electrical power usage spikes or power failures can be disastrous. Data center power monitoring with Paessler PRTG raises the bar on your DCIM strategy and takes the worry out of managing power consumption across your facilities, helping you keep your network plugged in and powered up.
Turn the sparks up or down
Sags, surges, and drops are the abnormalities that fry your sensitive IT equipment and drive up operating costs in your data center.
PRTG continuously monitors power consumption, voltage, and currents to identify such abnormalities so that you can take quick action – for example shifting power loads or activating data center backup systems like uninterruptible power supplies.
Mind your P’s, Q’s, and PDUs
As any facility manager knows, data center management is all about the P’s, Q’s, and PDUs. PRTG monitors your [P]ower, watching consumption and distribution. Use PRTG to help you maintain the [Q]uality of the power going out through rack PDUs, redundancies, network devices, and failovers.
Finally, mind your power distribution units in real-time, with metrics on power loads and device status, and instant alerts when a malfunction or anomaly occurs.
Optimize your load balancing
Balancing loads across data centers and colocation infrastructures can feel like a tightrope act. PRTG makes load balancing easier across the board, with real-time insights into power usage spikes, and visualization tools that make it easier to track workloads across your power, network, and computing resources.
Energy usage goes down, making your data center more cost-effective and sustainable.
Make capacity planning smarter
Smart capacity planning takes data-driven decisions, so you can accurately optimize your infrastructure for performance and scalability.
PRTG’s data center power monitoring provides rich historical data on power consumption, uptime, network traffic, CPU load, memory usage, and more. See consistent resource hogs and accurately plan for both sustainability and scalability.
Worry less about the environment
When you’re managing hundreds or even thousands of pieces of equipment, the physical environment of your data center matters – a lot.
PRTG includes monitoring sensors to help you keep conditions in check and also integrates with hardware sensors that track key environmental metrics like temperature, humidity, and air flow, giving you a complete view of your data center’s environment.
What data center power monitoring looks like in PRTG
Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking your data center power. Show power capacity, power quality, voltage, environmental conditions, and other key metrics in real time. Visualize monitoring data in clear graphs and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the overview you need to troubleshoot power consumption issues and inefficiencies.
Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup
Preconfigured SNMP Rittal CMC III Hardware Status sensor in PRTG
Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on your entire data center
Start monitoring your data center power consumption with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.
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Enjoy a central, all-seeing eye
PRTG is really invested in providing great data visualization. A single dashboard gives you immediate access to the state of all your power-related components with the ability to drill down.
No need to switch management systems or power infrastructure.
Stop fighting compatibility issues
PRTG is friendly. Like... actually compatible with all kinds of hardware from different vendors, whether you’re using PDUs, UPS systems, or environmental sensors from various manufacturers.
So you can integrate PRTG into any data center setup without worrying about whether everyone will play well together.
Phenomenal alerting power
Or maybe just tailor-made alerts for every situation, which is really all a good facility manager needs, right? With PRTG, you’re in control of your alerts.
Set custom notifications based on specific thresholds. You can even escalate alerts to different team members depending on the severity, making sure the right person is notified at the right time.
Control who sees what when
PRTG is For Your Eyes Only, offering granular permissions and access rights management, so you can decide who has access to certain areas of your data center monitoring.
It’s great for large teams where different people need access to different information without complicating things. So you can lock it down like Fort Knox or let it all out for anyone who wants to see.
Your data center power monitor at a glance – even on the go
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Find the root cause of the problem with our PRTG data center power monitoring solution
Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.
PRTG is compatible with all major vendors, products, and systems
Explore our preconfigured PRTG sensors for data center power monitoring
PRTG comes with more than 250 native sensor types for monitoring your entire on-premises, cloud, and hybrid cloud environment out of the box. Check out some examples below!
SNMP Rittal CMC III Hardware Status
The SNMP Rittal CMC III Hardware Status sensor monitors the overall status of Rittal data center hardware, for example Rittal Computer Multi Control version 3 (CMC III) processing units, Rittal power distribution units (PDU), or Rittal IoT interfaces. It can show the following:
- Overall device status
- Attached external sensor status
SNMP APC Hardware
The SNMP APC Hardware sensor monitors performance counters on an APC UPS device. It can show the following:
- Performance counters on an APC UPS device
- Actual voltage and temperature of battery
- Capacity and remaining runtime of battery
- Input and output frequency and voltage
- Output load
Redfish Power Supply
The Redfish Power Supply sensor monitors the power supply of a Redfish Scalable Platforms Management API (Redfish)-capable server. It can show the following:
- Input voltage
- Input and output watts
- Output load
- Power efficiency
- Power supply status
Redfish System Health
The Redfish System Health sensor monitors the system health of a Redfish Scalable Platforms Management API (Redfish)-capable server. It can show the following:
- Chassis and (PCIe) drives status
- Fans and power supplies status
- Memory and processor status
- System, system power, and thermal status
Modbus RTU Custom
The Modbus RTU Custom sensor connects to a Modbus Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) server and monitors up to ten returned numeric values. It can show the following:
- Downtime
- Custom numeric values
Modbus TCP Custom
The Modbus TCP Custom sensor connects to a Modbus Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) server and monitors up to ten returned numeric values. It can show the following:
- Downtime
- Custom numeric values
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“Excellent tool for detailed monitoring. Alarms and notifications work greatly. Equipment addition is straight forward and server initial setup is very easy. ...feel safe to purchase it if you intend to monitor a large networking landscape.”
Infrastructure and Operations Engineer in the Communications Industry, firm size 10B - 30B USD
PRTG makes data center power monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent data center downtime, and optimize energy costs.
Monitoring power in data centers: FAQ
What is data center monitoring?
Data center monitoring can be broken down into three categories:
- Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM): Simply put, DCIM refers to the management of a data center’s infrastructure. It includes the planning, management, and monitoring of all the IT systems and components installed in the data center. While PRTG isn’t a full DCIM software solution, it does provide DCIM-like capabilities.
- Environmental monitoring: Here, the temperature, humidity, and air-flow of the server room or individual server racks are monitored continuously. Special hardware and software measure the devices that cool the server room, including AC units, fans, and server cooling systems.
- Data center power monitoring: The first step in data center power monitoring involves the establishment and management of redundant and uninterruptible power supplies. A power monitoring system or tool then monitors these supplies in the data center.
Why is data center power monitoring important?
Even the slightest fluctuation in a power supply can cause damage to an IT system. Power failures and outages may be caused by many different things – some of which are not always avoidable. Power overloads (e.g., caused by lightning), vandalism, or cables gnawed by pets are all examples of issues that can’t be avoided. By monitoring power fluctuations and anomalies, you put the gift of immediate action into your team’s hands, shorten resolution times, and reduce the chances of equipment damage.
How does PRTG monitor power usage?
PRTG uses various sensors that use protocols such as SNMP, Modbus, or Redfish to monitor key metrics like UPS input/output voltage, battery status, remaining runtime, and system load. The data is processed in real time, and visualized through dashboards or reports.
What happens during a power failure?
PRTG provides real-time alerts in the event of power failures, high energy consumption, or voltage fluctuations, giving administrators the ability to respond quickly. It also allows custom notification settings for specific power thresholds.
What is a sensor in PRTG?
In PRTG, “sensors” are the basic monitoring elements. One sensor usually monitors one measured value in your network, for example the traffic of a switch port, the CPU load of a server, or the free space on a disk drive.
On average, you need about 5-10 sensors per device or one sensor per switch port.
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
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Over 95% of our customers say yes!
The result of the survey: over 95% of the participants would recommend PRTG – or already have.
Paessler PRTG is used by companies of all sizes. Sysadmins love PRTG because it makes their job a whole lot easier. Bandwidth, servers, virtual environments, websites, VoIP services – PRTG keeps an eye on your entire network. Everyone has different monitoring needs. That’s why we let you try PRTG for free.Still not convinced?
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