Server health monitoring with PRTG
Keep your servers running strong with real-time health reports
- Make sure your servers keep performing smoothly with proactive monitoring
- Reduce the risk of downtime with early issue detection
- Maintain a strong server backbone for all your business operations
PRTG server health monitoring: What you’ll find on this page
PRTG makes server health monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent hardware malfunctions, outages, and all kinds of performance issues.
Give your servers the attention they deserve
Your servers are the lifeblood of your business. From hosting websites to running critical applications, you can't afford downtime. With Paessler PRTG's server health monitoring software, you can rest easy knowing your servers are healthy and ready for action.
Know your server status at all times
Forget mystery server issues and poor uptime. PRTG gives you live, round-the-clock visibility into all the essential health and performance metrics. View CPU utilization, disk health, fan speeds, and network connectivity in one dashboard.
Whether you manage one Windows server or a fleet of mixed web servers, virtual servers, SQL servers, or file servers, PRTG has you covered.
Fix issues before users even notice
Why wait for a bad user experience? PRTG puts you ahead of the curve with insights that lead to fast response times. PRTG proactively identifies potential issues like failed power supplies, latency issues, bandwidth bottlenecks, poor application performance, or low storage capacity.
Custom thresholds trigger alerts when something goes out of range, so you can prevent minor hiccups from becoming major problems.
Track the health of every server, anywhere
A company’s IT infrastructure can range from a single server to multiple server rooms, making network monitoring more challenging. No matter how distributed your server environment is, PRTG scales with you.
Local server or remote, physical server or virtual, PRTG can track them all. From the server room down the hall to the cloud-based servers across the globe, you’ll have full network performance data at your fingertips.
See the whole server health picture
Server management isn’t guesswork, and PRTG doesn’t just tell you a server is “broken.” It tells you why. Is it the CPU, RAM, disk, power supply, or network connection? Detailed server health checks tell you exactly where the root cause is, so you can start troubleshooting.
Rising CPU temperatures, power supply failures, memory usage issues – you’ll know before they bring your servers to a screeching halt.
Maintain a cool and calm server room
Environmental factors matter. Overheating server racks can lead to system failure. PRTG’s server health monitoring capabilities include tracking the temperature, humidity, and airflow in server rooms.
If conditions shift beyond safe limits for optimal performance, you’ll be the first to know – giving you a chance to take action before your servers call it quits.
What server health monitoring looks like in PRTG
Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking the status of your server hardware. Show CPU usage, fan speed, power supply status, resource utilization, disk usage and space, 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 malfunctioning servers, low memory, and other server issues.
Start monitoring server health with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.
4 more reasons to choose PRTG as your server health monitoring tool
No more unexpected crashes, no more guessing games. With PRTG, you’ll know exactly what’s going on with your servers – 24/7.
We like customizable dashboards
PRTG’s customizable, real-time dashboards let you visualize server health your way. Create a single pane of glass that highlights only the metrics you care about while hiding the noise.
With PRTG’s flexible dashboards, custom color schemes, layout options, and interactive graphs, you spend less time digging for data and more time acting on it.
We believe in vendor compatibility
PRTG’s monitoring system works seamlessly with devices from top providers and manufacturers like Dell, HPE, IBM, and Cisco.
It supports SNMP, WMI, and other protocols, giving you the flexibility to monitor mixed environments. And operating systems? No problem. Microsoft Windows, Linux, Ubuntu, PRTG can handle it.
We care about unified server monitoring
Don't switch tools. PRTG consolidates your monitoring into one platform. No need for separate tools to monitor on-premises servers, cloud VMs, hard drives, or application health – it’s all here.
No matter if they’re physical, virtual, or in the cloud, PRTG offers a unified view of your server infrastructure, so you see everything in one place.
We talk to you the way you like
Get alerts your way. SMS, email, push notifications – you decide how and when you want to be informed. And PRTG’s alert escalation path makes sure that the right person is notified.
Customizable warning and error thresholds let you define what triggers an alert, so you’re only notified about the issues that matter most.
Your server health monitor at a glance – even on the go
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Explore our preconfigured PRTG sensors for server health 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 Dell PowerEdge System Health
The SNMP Dell PowerEdge System Health sensor monitors the system health of a Dell PowerEdge server. It can show the following:
- Ampere and voltage status
- Battery and power supply status
- Chassis status
- Cooling device and cooling unit status
- Intrusion, global system, and temperature status
SNMP HPE ProLiant System Health
The SNMP HPE ProLiant System Health sensor monitors the system health of an HPE ProLiant server. It can show the following:
- Overall, CPU fan, system fan, thermal, and disk controller status
- Number of (fault-tolerant) broken and running fans
- Power consumption
- Power supply condition and status
- Temperature of the component
SNMP IBM System X System Health
The SNMP IBM System X System Health sensor monitors the system health of an IBM device. It can show the following:
- Overall status
- Ambient and CPU temperature
- CMOS battery voltage
- Fan RPM
- 3V, 5V, and 12V-system board voltage
SNMP Fujitsu System Health v2
The SNMP Fujitsu System Health v2 sensor monitors the status of a Fujitsu PRIMERGY server via the integrated Remote Management Controller (iRMC) The sensor might also work on other Fujitsu devices that have an iRMC available like PRIMEQUEST servers, some storage systems of the ETERNUS product line, and CELSIUS workstations in racks. It can show the following:
- Overall status
- Temperature and voltage status
- CPU and memory module status
- Fan and power supply status
Find the root cause of the problem with our PRTG server 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
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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 server health monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent hardware malfunctions, outages, and all kinds of performance issues.
Monitoring server health: FAQ
What is server health monitoring?
Server health monitoring is performance monitoring for the brains of your network, providing a comprehensive overview of the status and performance of individual servers. It also includes the monitoring of hardware parameters, external conditions in the server room, and various performance data of the servers and server racks. With a server health check, you can prevent downtime by keeping an eye on server elements such as CPU load and memory use, fans, power supplies and consumption, the temperature of various components, and many other important gauges.
Why do I need server health monitoring?
Most companies rely heavily on a stable IT infrastructure. As a result, downtime can lead to many serious problems. When your servers go down, your business stops. Depending on its duration, downtime can also cause significant losses in sales. This is especially true if sales and acquisitions take place via the company website. Customer satisfaction can also suffer if desired services are unavailable due to server problems.
Server health monitoring keeps you ahead of outages by identifying potential failures before they escalate. This prevents downtime, improves server performance, and keeps users happy.
How does PRTG monitor server health?
PRTG provides server status and performance monitoring by taking into account all the components that contribute to a healthy server infrastructure. In addition to individual services and applications, PRTG also keeps an eye on hardware components. To do so, it deploys preconfigured system health sensors that are suitable for a variety of different manufacturers.
These sensors use mostly SNMP to query relevant data for systems such as NetApp, Buffalo, Cisco, Dell, HP, IBM, Juniper, LenovoEMC, QNAP, SonicWall, and Synology. PRTG also recognizes virtual VMware, Citrix, and Hyper-V servers, and incorporates them into its monitoring.
Can PRTG monitor servers at multiple locations?
Yes. With remote probes, PRTG can monitor servers at multiple sites from a central dashboard. Track local, cloud, and hybrid servers in one place. As your infrastructure grows, so does PRTG. It scales effortlessly to monitor more servers by simply adding more sensors. No forklift upgrades required.
How fast can I deploy PRTG?
Fast. Really fast. Download it, run the setup, and let the auto-discovery tool find your devices. The auto-discovery feature of PRTG captures your entire server infrastructure within seconds, and automatically detects any network devices that can be reached by ping. You’ll be monitoring servers in less time than it takes to order a pizza.
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
Paessler conducted trials in over 600 IT departments worldwide to tune its network monitoring software closer to the needs of sysadmins. We asked: would you recommend PRTG?
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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PRTG |
Network Monitoring Software - Version 25.1.102.1373 (January 9th, 2025) |
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Pricing |
Up to 100 sensors for free (Price List) |
Unified Monitoring |
Network devices, bandwidth, servers, applications, virtual environments, remote systems, IoT, and more |
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