PRTG effectively monitors
all your NAS solutions

A network solution for big data

In the age of big data, companies are faced with the need to store and process ever-increasing amounts of data. In order to keep hardware investments to a minimum and avoid storing memory on local computers, these companies often go for a network-based solution.
 

NAS performance monitoring

With network-attached storage (NAS), central network storage devices provide network clients with independent storage capacity, the amount of which can be adjusted according to client needs. This storage capacity, furthermore, can be shared across the entire company network. PRTG monitors capacity and performance to reduce malfunctions – or ideally, to prevent them from happening at all.
 

The seamless distribution of storage space

Thanks to PRTG NAS monitoring, you can ensure storage space is distributed across your network in an efficient manner. PRTG monitors hardware, system statuses, physical and logical disks, network connections, and input/output operations to guarantee the safe storage of data. Our monitoring tool even monitors virtual storage systems backups files, file content, and folders.
 

Identify sources of error

NAS monitoring lets you both identify bottlenecks which impede access to your NAS data and provide network clients with just the right amount of storage capacity. You can also record suspicious traffic which might be a sign of an attack on your data. Finally, you will ensure backups are performed successfully and therefore avoid unpleasant surprises further down the line.

PRTG measures the overall bandwidth values of a network environment. This makes good sense, for if the network goes down, then it will be impossible to use network-attached storage.

PRTG is equipped to handle all your data.

NAS is like a local file system

NAS systems are connected to the network directly and do not require dedicated PCs or servers. NAS file systems appear on employee computers as local file systems. Transmission protocols such as NFS, SMB, and CIFS are used to access and store files in the connected network.

QNAP monitoring with special PRTG sensors

QNAP offers a wide range of NAS solutions to meet a variety of different user requirements: personal and business solutions, high-availability and industry solutions, and monitoring and administration solutions. Its network-attached storage devices provide storage space which allows for a stable infrastructure in small, medium, and large corporations.

QNAP’s NAS solutions not only meet storage requirements, but also offer services and features that can help increase productivity. QNAP has a Turbo NAS for every business function and every budget. Some of the characteristics of these systems include LCD displays, cache acceleration, resilience in extreme conditions, hot swapping, SAS support, rackmount, high-speed data transmission, and fanless designs.

PRTG has developed special sensors to monitor each of these functions.

SNMP QNAP Logical Disk sensor

SNMP QNAP System Health sensor

SNMP QNAP Physical Disk sensor

When it comes to QNAP NAS monitoring, PRTG is the perfect choice.