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CPU Usage Monitoring with PRTG

Keep the load on your CPUs low and your systems running smoothly

  • Improve system performance by identifying and addressing CPU usage issues
  • Ensure critical applications get the processing power they need
  • Record CPU utilization over longer periods of time for better capacity planning
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PRTG CPU usage monitoring: What you will find on this page

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  • Fine-tune your system for peak CPU performance and system reliability
  • What CPU load monitoring looks like in PRTG
  • 5 reasons to choose PRTG as your CPU load monitor
  • Monitor CPU usage: FAQ

PRTG makes monitoring CPU load as easy as it gets

Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent system performance and stability issues.

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Fine-tune your system for peak CPU performance & system reliability

CPU load monitoring is a critical aspect of IT management, but not just any monitoring will do. You need a CPU usage monitoring tool that supports you 24/7/365. Paessler PRTG provides round-the-clock, real-time monitoring on multiple devices, at the office, and on the go. Your systems perform better, and you get peace of mind.

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Optimize your server performance

Balance the workload of your servers better with uniform load distribution. For servers, computers, and other processor-controlled hardware to be stable, CPU computing power has to be evenly distributed.

PRTG helps you monitor your overall processor load, as well as the loads of individual CPU cores.

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Monitor your CPU 
in real time

Set up warning and error thresholds to notify you in the case of abnormal CPU usage patterns.

Real-time, always-on CPU load monitoring makes sure that you’ll be alerted before the situation reaches critical, allowing you to quickly identify performance bottlenecks, prevent system overloads, and maintain an efficient IT infrastructure.

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Accurately plan for capacity upgrades

Analyze historical CPU usage data so you can understand trends and make informed decisions about capacity upgrades.

While reviewing this data can be complex, PRTG simplifies this process with a central dashboard and easy-to-understand visual graphs for 2-day, 30-day, and 365-day historical data analysis.

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Prevent downtime for business continuity

Reduce the risk of downtime during peak usage periods with the visibility and control you need over your IT systems.

PRTG CPU load monitoring helps you identify malfunctioning or slow processes and critical CPU usage, optimize load balancing, speed, and performance, and get notified before a CPU reaches overload.

What CPU resource monitoring looks like in PRTG

Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking the usage of your CPU. Show CPU load, CPU temperature, 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 your hardware.

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Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup

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Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on the entire IT infrastructure

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Live traffic data graph in PRTG

Start monitoring your CPU usage with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.

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IT experts agree: Paessler PRTG is a great solution for IT infrastructure monitoring

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5 reasons to choose PRTG as your CPU load monitor

Customize your alerts

Set your alerts to be as sensitive as you need them to be. With PRTG, you can define custom notification triggers based on specific CPU load thresholds so you can make upgrades and fix capacity concerns before they’re an actual issue.

Get immediate notifications

PRTG CPU load monitoring will show you exactly where the load is distributed and how much is placed on your servers. If the values get too high, PRTG will automatically send you an alarm via SMS, email, push notification, and more when the defined percentage is reached.

Maintain an overview

Display your CPU load info on a single, customizable dashboard. PRTG lets you prepare your long-term CPU load data in accordance with your own individual needs, and automated reports in HTML, PDF, CSV, or XML format keep your coworkers and higher-ups in the know.

Monitor from anywhere

Our PRTG apps for iOS or Android make CPU load monitoring travel-friendly. Remotely monitor your entire IT infrastructure, computers, server hardware, routers, firewalls, and network security on your phone, desktop, or laptop. If you have internet access, you have access to your CPU data.

Monitor everything

The all-in-one monitoring solution PRTG provides server and application monitoring, bandwidth monitoring, and much more in a single tool. This integrated approach gives you a comprehensive view of your entire network, including system health and network traffic analysis.

Explore our preconfigured PRTG sensors for CPU usage 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!

Windows CPU Load

The Windows CPU Load sensor monitors the CPU load on a system via Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) or Windows performance counters. It can show the following:

  • CPU load of the processor
  • Total CPU load
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Windows CPU Load

SNMP CPU Load

The SNMP CPU Load sensor monitors the system load. It can show the following:

  • CPU load of a specific processor
  • Total CPU load
SNMP CPU Load
SNMP CPU Load

Probe Health

The Probe Health sensor monitors the status of the probe system. It can show the following and more:

  • Free disk space
  • Probe health as sum of the probe status
  • Interval delay for SNMP, WMI, and other sensors
  • Number of lost flow packets, buffered SNMP traps, and dropped syslog packages
  • CPU load and memory usage
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Probe Health

Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine

The Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine sensor monitors the status of a virtual machine (VM) in a Microsoft Azure subscription. It can show the following:

  • Average CPU load
  • Number of consumed CPU credits
  • Number of remaining CPU credits
  • VM status
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Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine

See the PRTG Manual for a list of all available sensor types.

PRTG is compatible with all major vendors, products, and systems

compatible with all major vendors, products, and systems

PRTG makes CPU usage monitoring as easy as it gets

Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent system performance and stability issues.

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“From a server perspective, we're monitoring all of the key components of our service such as CPU usage, RAM disk space, the Windows services that it's running, and network connectivity of that server. In terms of networks, we’re monitoring all of our switches, firewalls, and access points. It’s really useful to be able to easily pull performance metrics from the PRTG dashboard.”

Ollie Kerslake, Infrastructure Lead
Riverford Organic Farmers

“The tool has given us greater control over all types of devices connected to the network (switches, IP telephony, security cameras, IoT, WiFi) that previously remained opaque when dealing with service incidents. This has improved our ability to diagnose and resolve problems, which has translated into greater efficiency and a better user experience in both internal and public services.”

Jordi Tolosà Bel, New Technologies Technician
Vinaroz City Council

“Our objective was to be able to monitor the health of our most critical servers containing data and applications, but also the flows and bandwidth between headquarters, our 50 servers in the cloud and the 15 servers at our production sites. For us, it is essential to have a proactive approach to understand where the weaknesses of the IT system are to be able to improve them.”

Marc Boullier, CIO
Carambar & Co

Your CPU performance monitor at a glance – even on the go

PRTG is set up in a matter of minutes and can be used on a wide variety of mobile devices.

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What does this mean for you?

  • Easy integration of NetApp hardware and software with PRTG
  • State-of-the-art features for monitoring your NetApp environment
  • Expert technical support around your NetApp monitoring setup

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Find the root cause of the problem with our PRTG CPU usage monitoring solution

Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.

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Monitor CPU usage: FAQ

 

What systems is PRTG compatible with?

PRTG CPU load monitoring is compatible with both Microsoft Windows and Linux/Unix-based operating systems. PRTG uses SNMP to read the CPU loads of network devices made by various manufacturers. You can also use WMI for Windows systems and revert to SSH for Linux-based devices or macOS.

What data does PRTG collect?

PRTG is an all-in-one monitoring tool. It collects data on high CPU usage, including current computing power as a percentage, in total, and per processor. It also monitors CPU temperature, memory usage, and other health metrics for various devices, as well as other important system parameters, such as RAM, memory, network cards, hard disk space, bandwidth, and more.

How does PRTG CPU load monitoring work?

CPU load monitoring measures computing power as a percentage, which rises with increased process demands. The more processor cores your CPU has, the less strain on each core. As a result, the CPU load will be lower. PRTG monitors the overall processor load and the loads of individual CPU cores.

Can CPU load monitoring detect hardware issues?

CPU load monitoring primarily detects performance issues, although consistent high usage can sometimes indicate hardware problems. However, PRTG is a comprehensive monitoring solution that includes hardware monitoring, disk space monitoring, and more.

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.

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Start monitoring CPU usage with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.

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