Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent performance bottlenecks and file system outages.
Imagine having a clear, real-time overview of your entire file system infrastructure, where potential issues are spotted before they disrupt your workflow. With Paessler PRTG, you can achieve exactly that by continuously monitoring NFS (Network File System). Whether you're managing large-scale enterprise environments or smaller networks, the ability to track file system performance, access, and availability is essential.
Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking the status of your Network File Service. Show network throughput, bandwidth bottlenecks, 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 any outages of your network file system.
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If you need a cloud-based monitoring solution, PRTG Hosted Monitor offers all the power of PRTG without the need for any local hardware.
This solution ensures that your network and critical infrastructure can be monitored from anywhere with minimal setup. Whether you’re running a fully cloud-based system or a hybrid network, PRTG adapts to fit your needs.
With PRTG, we offer a range of flexible subscription-based licenses that can grow with your business needs. Whether you are managing a small IT environment or a large enterprise infrastructure, PRTG scales without effort.
Our licensing model ensures continued access to the latest product updates, security patches, and technical support. Start small and upgrade as your needs evolve.
We constantly listen to feedback from our customers – you – to ensure that we are always at the forefront of innovation.
Enjoy regular release product updates to make sure PRTG remains up to date with the latest technologies and continues to meet evolving IT requirements. These updates include new features, performance enhancements, and security improvements.
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!
The SNMP Linux Disk Free sensor monitors the free space on disks of a Linux/Unix system. It can show the following:
The SNMP Linux Load Average sensor monitors the system load average of a Linux/Unix system. It can show the following:
The File sensor monitors a file located on the local disk on the probe system, parent device, or a file that is accessible via Server Message Block (SMB). It can show the following:
While not preconfigured as an “NFS-specific” sensor, you can use the flexibility of PRTG to create custom NFS client monitoring (for example on Windows) through scripts or SNMP traps in real time. These can track NFS client-server communication, file transfer performance monitoring, and connection reliability.
See the PRTG Manual for a list of all available sensor types.
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent performance bottlenecks and file system outages.
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Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.
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Network File System (NFS) is a protocol that allows users to access and share files across different computers in a network as if they were on the local machine. It is widely used in Linux and Unix environments to provide shared access to file systems across network devices. You would typically use NFS in scenarios where multiple clients need to access the same data, such as in data centers, cloud environments, or any setup requiring distributed file storage.
Monitoring NFS is critical because it helps prevent performance degradation, file system outages, and data loss. With Paessler PRTG, you can track key metrics like disk usage, file access times, and network latency, which ensures that file systems remain available and operate efficiently. Monitoring also helps detect bottlenecks and allows for proactive maintenance, to ensure minimal downtime and optimal data access performance.
Key metrics for monitoring NFS performance include:
Preconfigured PRTG sensor types such as the SNMP Linux Disk Free sensor or the SNMP Linux Load Average sensor even help to effectively monitor metrics like mount points, or NFS mounts in general.
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.
Paessler conducted trials in over 600 IT departments worldwide to tune its network monitoring software closer to the needs of sysadmins. 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.
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