Linux hardware monitoring with PRTG
Seamlessly integrate Linux hardware monitoring into mixed environments, including Windows and Unix systems
- Integrate seamlessly with a wide range of Linux distributions
- Reduce costly downtime with proactive hardware monitoring
- Monitor your entire network with a single, unified solution
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PRTG Linux hardware monitoring: What you’ll find on this page
PRTG makes Linux hardware monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent hardware issues in your Linux sytems.
Get comprehensive Linux hardware monitoring, even on a Windows network, with PRTG
Stop babysitting your servers
Sysadmins have enough on their plate – like troubleshooting surprise CPU spikes that leave you sweating, or dependencies turning your system into a tangled mess.
Paessler PRTG solves the issue of cross-platform monitoring by offering real-time insights into Linux, Unix, and Windows systems, without worrying about compatibility. Whether you’re monitoring CPU usage, memory usage, or looking for bottlenecks, PRTG’s real-time performance monitoring covers it all from one central platform.
Ditch the server room sauna
Part of system administration is keeping your server room cooled down. When your hardware is trying to have a meltdown, you need to quickly dial back the heat.
PRTG’s system monitoring tool includes SSH SAN System Health sensors that keep track of your server temperatures. With real-time temperature alerts, you’ll know when to act before your server room turns into a hardware barbecue.
Clock out on time
If you’ve been in system administration for any length of time, you know that Linux servers seem to have a knack for breaking down right before the weekend.
With PRTG’s predictive maintenance tools, you can catch potential issues like overheating, overloading, or system resource shortages, before they turn into full-blown disasters. By setting up command-line queries or using APIs, you can automate the entire process (and go home at 5PM on Fridays).
Never run out of disk space
If your disks are filling up faster than you can say “Oh, no!” and you’re constantly scrambling for space, it’s probably time to upgrade your Linux monitoring tool. PRTG comes to the rescue with SNMP Disk Free v2 and SNMP Linux Disk Free sensors.
These tools ensure your filesystem stays healthy by monitoring disk capacity and sending alerts long before you hit critical levels. No more getting blindsided by those pesky “disk full” errors.
Play cross-platform harmony
Juggling Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Unix systems, and monitoring them all can feel like herding cats, each with its own quirks and dependencies. But PRTG doesn’t care what you’re running.
Whether it’s Ubuntu, Debian, Distro, Red Hat, or some other flavor of Linux, PRTG's preconfigured sensors provide performance monitoring of all major systems from one platform. Now your network runs like a well-tuned orchestra, instead of chaos.
What Linux hardware monitoring looks like in PRTG
Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking CPU usage, memory capacity, disk health, and hardware temperatures. Show resource utilization 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 Linux hardware effectively.
Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup
SSH SAN Physical Disk
Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on the entire IT infrastructure
Start monitoring Linux hardware with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.
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5 reasons to choose PRTG for Linux hardware monitoring
PRTG is highly customizable
PRTG is a full network monitoring solution and can be customized to meet your own individual needs. It comes with more than 250 preconfigured sensors, configurable alert options (email, SMS, push notification, HTTP request, etc.), and customizable dashboards. If it’s something that can be tweaked, we’ve made it tweakable.
PRTG runs 24/7 so you don’t have to
PRTG runs reliably in the background, 24 hours a day. With our software, you can set your own monitoring thresholds. PRTG only notifies you if these thresholds are reached and action is required. This keeps your network healthy and lets you focus on more pressing matters (like lunch).
PRTG is an auto-discovery wizard
When your network has grown into an unmanageable monster of devices, you can start feeling like Dr. Frankenstein, gluing all the parts together. Use PRTG's auto-discovery to instantly map out all your devices – including Linux servers – and organize them into a coherent monitoring setup. Tame the beast without breaking a sweat.
PRTG monitors key metrics with ease
PRTG delivers visualized metrics like memory usage, resource utilization, CPU performance, and network latency in clear, customizable graphs. Whether you’re using tools like htop or relying on the command line, PRTG integrates all the data into intuitive dashboards, so you can track trends and optimize performance without needing a PhD in system monitoring.
PRTG saves you money while you monitor
Monitoring tools can be expensive, making a healthy budget look like a lean shadow. PRTG is for every kind of business, from small and medium-sized companies to groups with huge IT infrastructures. With PRTG’s flexible subscription licensing, you only pay for the sensors you need. Whether you’re monitoring a few systems or a whole fleet, you get enterprise-level monitoring without emptying your wallet.
Your Linux hardware monitor at a glance – even on the go
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Find the root cause of the problem with our PRTG Linux hardware 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
Explore our preconfigured PRTG sensors for Linux hardware 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!
SSH SAN Physical Disk
The SSH SAN Physical Disk sensor monitors the physical disks within a storage area network (SAN), tracking metrics like disk status, performance, and potential errors to ensure reliability.
SSH Disk Free
The SSH Disk Free sensor checks available disk space on Linux systems via SSH, providing real-time insights to prevent storage issues and maintain healthy filesystem performance.
SNMP Linux Load Average
The SNMP Linux Load Average sensor tracks the average system load over defined intervals using SNMP, helping to monitor and optimize CPU usage on Linux servers.
SSH SAN System Health
The SSH SAN System Health sensor keeps tabs on the overall health of SAN hardware, including metrics like temperature, voltage, and storage controller status, to prevent hardware failures.
Create innovative solutions with Paessler’s partners
Partnering with innovative vendors, Paessler unleashes synergies to create
new and additional benefits for joined customers.
With the combination of PRTG and Insys, the monitoring specialist Paessler and the industrial gateway manufacturer INSYS icom offer a practical possibility to merge IT and OT.
INSYS icom
“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 Linux hardware monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent hardware issues in your Linux sytems.
Monitoring Linux hardware: FAQ
What is Linux hardware monitoring?
Linux hardware refers to PCs, laptops, or notebooks installed with Linux, as well as systems and servers that run the open-source operating system Linux. Linux hardware monitoring with PRTG refers to the use of specialized sensors to monitor the health, performance, and availability of hardware components within Linux-based systems. These sensors track vital metrics like CPU load, memory, disk usage, temperature, and I/O operations.
Why is Linux hardware monitoring important?
If you let CPU loads and hard disk space get out of control, your Linux running processes are going to crawl. And nobody likes slow apps. Keeping an eye on your hardware is crucial—if something starts underperforming, you need to know so you can swap it out before it breaks and ruins your day. Plus, if your hardware gets too hot, things will slow down or even fry. The solution? Monitor everything. Keep resources in the sweet spot and tweak your network for optimal performance when needed.
What all does PRTG Linux hardware monitoring analyze?
PRTG provides a comprehensive overview of system health and performance. Our software analyzes CPU performance, disk space usage, memory capacity, system load, system processes, and hardware temperature, among other metrics. It can also monitor disk I/O operations, physical disk health, and server response times.
Which PRTG sensor monitors the temperature of Linux systems?
Temperature monitoring is extremely important, especially for servers: When systems are overloaded, their operating temperatures rise quickly. This can lead to a drop in the reliability of servers. Not to mention service interruptions and failures. In the worst case scenario, data can be lost or hardware damaged.
The SSH SAN System Health is ideal here: it will keep a constant eye on the system status of a storage area network. Among other things, this sensor provides you with information on the:
- Voltage of the capacitor in volts (V)
- Voltage of the capacitor pack
- Temperature of the hard disk controller
- Temperature of the storage controller
- Onboard temperature
What alert options does PRTG provide for Linux monitoring?
PRTG offers customizable alerts via email, SMS, push notifications, and even integration with services like Slack or Microsoft Teams. Alerts are triggered based on threshold values you define for various metrics.
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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