PRTG is a great monitoring tool
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Pros
- real-time alerts
- detailed reports
- historical data
Cons
- High cost of license
- Special support for business clients
Return on Investment
- Improve our reacting to problems
Monitoring network device availability and performance indicators like bandwidth, packet loss, CPU, WAN links, etc.
Category average: 8.9
Alerts warning of critical infrastructure component failure can be sent via email or SMS or other channel
Category average: 9
Ability to monitor key hardware metrics including temperature, fan speed, and power supply
Category average: 9
Ability to schedule, generate, and deliver custom performance and availability reports
Category average: 7.2
Capacity planning analyzes interface utilization, disk usage, etc. and allows identification of capacity problems well in advance of threshold breach
Category average: 7.9
Interception of data packets provides performance-related information such as network and application response times, and traffic type analysis
Category average: 7.3