A world leader in network monitoring tools, Paessler AG, announced PRTG (Paessler Router Traffic Grapher) Network Monitor version 7. PRTG 7 delivers comprehensive, cost-effective and easy-to-use network monitoring by combining the features and capabilities of Paessler's IPCheck Server Monitor and PRTG Traffic Grapher in one solution.
Key enhancements to the newly architected software include an intuitive Web-based user interface, device-configuration templates, improved reporting capabilities, automatic network discovery capabilities, and extended support for more than 30 sensor types for monitoring servers, analyzing network traffic and surveying the behaviors of users in the network. PRTG 7 provides easy deployment and maintenance, comprehensive and scalable network monitoring and analysis capabilities, and flexible pricing; making it an ideal choice for companies of all sizes.
Using PRTG as part of a continual network monitoring strategy provides enterprises of all sizes significant savings in cost and time by avoiding outages, optimizing networks in line with demand, and controlling service level agreements (SLAs).
PRTG Network Monitor version 7 feature highlights include:
* Automatic network discovery and sensor configuration - New Auto-Pilot feature constantly scans networks segments for new devices, automatically determines types of devices and configures appropriate set of sensors for those devices, saving time and resources for administrators responsible for large networks.
* Intuitive and customizable Web user interface - Utilizing AJAX and Flash technologies the new UI delivers enhanced usability and a rich user experience for the configuration of devices and sensors as well as review and delivery of monitoring results and alerts in real time.
* Scalable network monitoring engine suitable for small, medium and large networks Availability and usage of monitoring via most common protocols including WMI, SNMP, Packet Sniffing and NetFlow capabilities. Supports more than 30 sensor types including PING, HTTP, WMI, SNMP, SMTP, POP3, FTP, RDP and DNS for analyzing network traffic and behavior of up to several tens of thousands of sensors.
* Device Configuration templates - Paessler has researched an extensive library of device configuration templates for various devices like Cisco routers, SQL servers, exchange servers, network printers and more. These pre-configured templates are part of PRTG 7 and provide recommended alarm and warning limits for many standard devices to help administrators save time and reduce configuration errors.
Additional features and enhancements to PRTG v7 include:
* Remote network monitoring capabilities
* Powerful reporting engine delivers customizable reports
* Data storage in powerful native database (external SQL Server can be optionally used)
* Compatible with Windows 2000, XP, Vista, Windows Server 2003/2008, (32 bit and 64 bit)