PRTG for Remote Server Monitoring
February 16, 2016
PRTG for Remote Server Monitoring
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with PRTG Network Monitor
We currently use PRTG to monitor our servers in an off site data center. We currently use it to monitor all the web, database, and application servers at the remote site. It works great at giving us real time performance data on our servers. What I personally like about network monitor are the custom alerts that can be configured for it. It has been a great tool for our organization.
- It has an easy to use interface, that requires no training to use.
- A user can create custom reports and alerts for each server being monitored.
- The system requires little maintenance to keep working properly.
- The web interface can be a little slow to work with.
- It can be difficult to find specific settings needed to configure different nodes.
- There are multiple interfaces, and it can be hard to change into the interface that is best for each user.
- It has done a great job at aiding in monitoring a VPN connection and saving time in verifying that servers are still working in a connection failure scenario.
- PRTG has done great in sending status reports when needed without any failure. This has been very useful since employees don't always have time to login to monitor the servers.
- There have been issues with PRTG where administrators have gotten over 100 emails due to a small issue with one server for a short amount of time.
Both PRTG and Solarwinds work great, and they are great systems. But for the specific task of monitoring and alerting if there is a VPN connection failure, PRTG works great at monitoring and sending out a status report when a failure does occur. I like both products, but I find PRTG has an easier interface for alerts and reports.