NetApp monitoring: PRTG and NetApp for optimal data management 

NetApp monitoring with PRTG

Why do you need data management?

Monitoring for more efficient data management and greater IT security

The volume of data has been increasing rapidly for years. The reasons for this are increasingly networked production and more complex infrastructures that produce more and more data. Control over company data is therefore becoming more difficult. This presents companies with new challenges of how to use and manage their data efficiently. As the number of cyber-attacks is also growing, threats targeting data must be detected and defended against early on.

The visual representation of all data collected from your network therefore also provides answers to pressing IT security questions: Are there any anomalies in the network? Suspicious processes such as network traffic that is much too high can indicate an attack. Network monitoring uncovers every anomaly.

Network monitoring solutions therefore contribute to IT security:

Network monitoring software immediately triggers an alarm when unusual events occur and notifies the IT administrator. This makes them a kind of early warning system that increases IT security. In this way, IT administrators ward off dangers from malware, phishing attempts and zero-day threats in their network and prevent data leaks. Network monitoring tools are an essential component in IT security concepts.

Monitor all IT components, including NetApp storage devices

To meet their business needs and compliance, many organizations rely on NetApp storage devices for their data storage needs. That's because NetApp's data management solutions are industry-leading: Data is protected and accessible anytime, anywhere. For NetApp monitoring, you can use NetApp OnCommand Insight (OCI) data management software to monitor and troubleshoot NetApp systems.

However, to avoid having to use multiple, separate monitoring tools for your NetApp devices and for operating your IT infrastructure, as many companies do, PRTG offers NetApp monitoring for monitoring NetApp devices:

PRTG is a comprehensive solution that already includes all required functions. There are special sensors for NetApp monitoring. Thus, all components of an IT infrastructure, including NetApp storage devices, can be monitored with only one software.

What sensors are available for NetApp monitoring?

If your IT infrastructure integrates NetApp storage systems, you don't need to deploy a separate monitoring solution. Thanks to PRTG sensors, you can monitor the respective aspects of NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage systems that access the application programming interface (API) via the Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP).

Each of these sensors informs you about the performance or health status of your NetApp devices, among other things. In addition, this gives you an overview of memory usage. Especially with storage systems, it is important that sufficient storage space is always available. As soon as this becomes scarce, you are informed in good time so that you can react proactively and provide more storage space.