Real-Time Network Monitoring Tool | SolarWinds

What does real-time network monitoring software do?

Real-time network monitoring software is built to convey real-time data through features like:

• Network maps: The software generates topology maps that automatically update with current
  information. This includes automatically adding or removing network devices as they join and leave your network.
• Alerts: The tools can notify you as soon as performance issues are detected. By bringing a
  problem to your attention immediately, network monitoring alerts can enable you to quickly perform problem
  analysis, determine root causes, and administer fixes.
• Reports: These reports enable you to gain the most accurate network data and share this
  real-time information with collaborators. Many network monitoring tools are built to generate reports
  automatically and schedule them at regular intervals.

Real-time network monitoring software is designed to display relevant network data through dashboards. These
dashboards are often customizable, enabling you to choose templates, formats, and data ranges. Through these
visualizations, monitoring tools can help provide
you
with a deeper understanding of the current health and
performance of your network.

Real-time software is also built to collect metrics over time, enabling you to compare new data to historical traffic
patterns. This can be critically important to detecting long-term issues and understanding real-time metrics in the
context of your network’s overall growth and development.

Why is real-time network monitoring important?

Real-time network monitoring is important to understanding the current performance, health, and issues present in your IT environment. If one of your network systems is experiencing performance issues or is completely down, business and employee productivity can be negatively affected.

How does real-time network monitoring work in NPM?

SolarWinds Network Performance Monitor (NPM) can help bring visibility into the health and performance of advanced network devices. NPM is designed to monitor hardware health of network devices, such as routers and switches, using SNMP in addition to network fault, performance, and availability.

NPM is also built to calculate capacity usage trends with historical data using peak calculation to forecast trends using daily maximum values and average calculation using daily average values to promote more accurate forecasting.

After collecting metrics, NPM is designed to automatically generate detailed network topology maps. These maps are designed to update automatically without user intervention, saving you time and reducing errors while promoting accuracy. Using NPM, you can build maps from scratch, import auto-generated maps, or customize pre-existing map templates using intuitive features like drag-and-drop and double-clicking.