Owing to the rampant adoption of NetApp storage appliances by businesses, and tonnes of vital resources stored on them, their malfunction could profoundly cripple operations. Also, their inconsistent monitoring could mislead resource allocation. Making NetApp monitoring a part of your routine and incorporating a dedicated NetApp monitoring tool could help you avoid operational disasters.
Due to the number of business-critical functions dependent on NetApp storage appliances, outages and downtime could severely cripple operations; to this end, an effective NetApp monitoring tool can do wonders.
Here are some bottlenecks you may encounter if you fail to employ a NetApp monitor:
Here are some major benefits obtained by NetApp performance monitoring
Proactively detect storage performance hiccups before they evolve into serious threats.
Lessen the time needed to spot and troubleshoot storage-related issues and in turn augment uptime
Accurately determine storage capacity by keeping an eye on NetApp disk utilization
Leverage real-time monitoring stats and historical stats to ensure your data is protected
OpManager's NetApp monitoring tool helps you proactively monitor your NetApp storage appliances for availability and storage performance bottlenecks.
Here's how OpManager can help you effectively monitor your NetApp storage appliances:
OpManager's NetApp performance monitor utilizes the StorageRESTAPI to monitor your NetApp storage appliances. With OpManager, monitor NetApp performance metrics such as latency, throughput and IOPS by assigning complimentary monitors to track them.
Configure appropriate thresholds, monitor for violations, and broadcast alerts over distinct media such as email, SMS, Slack notifications.
With OpManager's NetApp monitoring, drill down into even the smallest of data entities in your NetApp appliances. OpManager has in-built device templates which allow you to monitor everything from clusters, aggregates, and volumes to logical unit numbers (LUNs) and qtrees and makes it an effective NetApp storage monitoring tool for your network. OpManager enables you to monitor the utilization and capacity of all segments of your NetApp storage to achieve optimum storage capacity forecasting.
OpManager's NetApp monitoring tool also lets you monitor the nodes and every individual port connected with your NetApp appliances with utmost precision. Additionally, you can map each virtual server with its corresponding volume consumed from your NetApp storage with ease.
With OpManager, go the extra mile and monitor the supplementary attributes of your NetApp storage appliances; check the status and functioning of power supplies and associated batteries that help power those appliances, and track the status of hardware and hardware sensors to ensure robust functioning on a holistic level.
OpManager's customizable dashboard offers a big picture on all the historical stats and real-time stats of your NetApp storage appliances on a single screen, saving you the trouble of switching between multiple screens to fetch data. Also, OpManager's graphical representation of data sets helps you interpret data better and aid in making deliberate and well thought out inferences.
To learn more on how OpManager, a NetApp monitoring software, can enhance your NetApp monitoring efforts, try out a 30-day free trial or register for a free demo.