Save energy and speed up your network, with PRTG
- Monitor CPUs, PDUs, UPSs, and other network hardware 24/7
- Identify energy consumption spikes, waste, and long-term usage trends
- Proactively prevent malfunctions and keep energy bills in check
Our users give top ratings for monitoring with Paessler PRTG
PRTG energy efficiency monitoring: What you’ll find on this page
No more unexpected shocks
Excessive energy use is bad news all round: for your equipment’s performance, for your organization’s operational costs, and for its sustainability goals.
PRTG’s energy monitoring system collects real-time data on electricity consumption, temperature, humidity, and other metrics that could impact your bills (and your network’s stability and performance).
Set energy consumption targets, pinpoint inefficiencies and waste, and use data on long-term trends to to keep your network working smoothly and build a compelling case for energy-saving initiatives your higher-ups can’t argue with.
PRTG makes monitoring energy efficiency easy
Custom alerts and data visualizations make it easy to monitor, identify, and prevent energy usage spikes, overheating, excess humidity, and other issues that could raise your energy bills and cause network malfunctions.
Comprehensive, real-time energy monitoring: Why Paessler PRTG
Lower energy costs
There’s nothing worse than energy waste (except maybe listening to accounts complain about how high your energy bills are). PRTG tracks energy consumption and other metrics in real time, so you can keep an eye on consumption patterns and optimize energy management.
Better performance
Electricity consumption spiking? With PRTG, you can pinpoint the cause and fix the issue before it causes unplanned downtime. Set your preferred thresholds and you’ll be automatically alerted before your hardware gets damaged or there’s a critical malfunction.
Proactive planning
Expand and upgrade your network, before you outgrow it. Our monitoring software tracks consumption patterns over time, so you can forecast future needs more accurately. And, with custom reports, you can prove the ROI of energy-saving initiatives in a few clicks.
What energy efficiency monitoring looks like in PRTG
Diagnose network issues by continuously monitoring servers, routers, switches, CPUs, PDUs, UPSs, fans, and other hardware components and environmental statistics. Show power consumption, CPU load, memory usage, temperature, humidity, and other key metrics that could impact your network's energy efficiency in real time and visualize data in graphic maps & dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the visibility you need to troubleshoot energy usage spikes, overheating, excess humidity, and other issues that could increase your energy bills and cause network malfunctions
Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup
Preconfigured HTTP IoT push data sensor in PRTG
Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on the entire IT infrastructure
Start monitoring energy efficiency with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.
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How it works: PRTG’s preconfigured energy efficiency monitoring sensors
Server racks. Routers. Switches.
Even server rooms and data centers.
PRTG can monitor the energy consumption (and other mission-critical energy performance metrics) of every bit of hardware your network depends on to function smoothly.
Our 250+ preconfigured sensors include:
- Cisco and NetApp system health sensors
- Humidity sensors for internal and external environmental monitoring
- HTTP IoT Push Data Advanced sensor for monitoring IoT-capable devices
- Modbus RTU Custom and Modbus TCP Custom sensors for monitoring voltage, memory, operating status, temperature, and humidity
- Redfish System Health and Redfish Power Supply sensors for monitoring fan and PCIe device status, thermal status, voltage, input and output watts, energy efficiency, and power supply status
- Rittal CMC III parameters, including hard drives, UPSs, PDUs, air conditioning units, workload, performance, and availability, as well as environmental metrics such as humidity and temperature
Can't find a preconfigured sensor for monitoring a specific device or parameter? Create your own custom sensors using Windows Management Instrumentation Query Language (WQL) or Python.
Your energy efficiency stats at a glance – even on the go
Set up PRTG in minutes and use it on almost any mobile device.
Easily find the source of the problem with our PRTG energy efficiency-monitoring solution
Real-time alerts and custom notifications make it easy to solve issues such as energy usage spikes, overheating, excess humidity, and other issues that could increase your energy bills and cause network malfunctions.
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 monitoring energy efficiency easy
Custom alerts and data visualizations make it easy to monitor, identify, and prevent energy usage spikes, overheating, excess humidity, and other issues that could raise your energy bills and cause network malfunctions.
PRTG energy efficiency monitoring: FAQ
What's energy efficiency, and how do you measure it?
Your network is energy efficient if it consumes less energy than similar networks to produce the same performance. You can measure how efficient your network is by working out the volume of data transferred relative to how much energy is consumed.
Say one of your network switches transfers 5 gigabits of data and consumes 250 watts, while another switch transfers 7 gigabits of data and consumes 250 watts. The latter switch is more energy efficient than the former.
Why should I monitor my network's energy efficiency?
First, for the cost savings.
On average, a business with 50 to 250 employees consumes around 30,000 to 50,000 kilowatt hours of electricity a year, while a business with more than 250 employees consumes in excess of 50,000 kilowatt hours a year. And servers, CPUs, and other network hardware make up a significant chunk of that consumption. Collecting energy consumption data makes it easier to spot trends and optimize your network in ways that lower your bills.
Second, because your network will perform better.
Excess energy consumption can damage your hardware and cause unplanned downtime. Or, at the other end of the spectrum, it could be a sign that a piece of hardware is faulty or past its useful life. A monitoring tool will help you spot these issues before they cause critical issues.
Third, to improve your organization’s sustainability.
Lower energy consumption means fewer carbon emissions — good for the planet, and pleasing to the C-suite, who’ll be able to show investors they have healthy ESG metrics.
How does PRTG monitor energy efficiency?
PRTG tracks your hardware's energy consumption, as well as other key metrics that may impact your network’s energy efficiency, such as CPU load, memory use, fans, and even environmental metrics like airflow, air pressure, temperature, and humidity using sophisticated preconfigured sensors. The sensors monitor each metric round the clock and pull the data together into easy-to-understand graphs and other visualizations, so it’s easier to spot immediate issues as well as long-term trends.
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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