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What are the ways a network monitoring solution helps enterprises prevent network outages? For most network engineers and administrators, an outage of part of a business network \u2014 or worse, the\u00a0entire\u00a0<\/em>network \u2014 is the worst possible situation. The best defense against a network outage, of course, is to prevent an outage from happening in the first place.<\/p>\n

Network monitoring tools continuously observe the devices and transactions on a network<\/a> to look for performance-affecting issues. They allow network administrators to keep a constant eye on their network and fix performance problems as (or before) they happen. One of their greatest benefits is helping users prevent impending outages. Below, we’ve listed the ways a network monitoring solution assists your enterprise in dealing with network outages before they become a problem.<\/p>\n

If you’re looking for resources to help you evaluate network monitoring solutions, our free Network Monitoring Buyer’s Guide<\/a> has you covered! It contains profiles on the top network monitoring providers in the market today, including descriptions of the tools they offer and noteworthy features of each. The guide also features 10 questions you should ask prospective vendors and yourself before buying a network monitoring solution. You can check out that guide here<\/strong><\/span><\/a>!<\/p>\n

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Alerting your network team to potential performance issues<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The core function of a network monitoring solution is to alert your network team<\/a> to any and all performance issue it discovers. Traditionally, this was done purely as a reactive measure, only addressing a problem after it was noticed. However, modern network monitoring tools are shifting towards a proactive approach, looking for signs that indicate a performance problem is going to happen. Thus, you can take steps to correct an outage before it happens.<\/p>\n

Automated network monitoring<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Thousands of performance-altering events can happen on your network every day. The vast majority of them probably won’t indicate an outage is imminent, but missing a crucial issue could spell disaster for your network. You can’t possible sift through every single issue on your own, so how do you know which problems should be prioritized? An increasing number of network monitoring solutions are adding automation features to make discovering potential outages easier. These features including automated device discovery, automatic prioritization of events, and applying potential fixes to known issues without human input.<\/p>\n

Our\u00a0Network Monitoring Buyer\u2019s Guide<\/a><\/span> contains profiles on the top network performance monitoring vendors, as well as questions you should ask providers and yourself before buying.<\/em><\/div><\/p>\n

Maintaining full network visibility<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If there’s even a small portion of your network that isn’t being monitored, your network could suffer a partial outage without even knowing it. Your network monitoring solution needs to be able to detect and observe every device connected to your network. Otherwise, your network will be blind to any performance issues that occur on that device. Network monitoring tools also need to track a variety of performance metrics, as a failing device or subsection might only be lagging behind in a specific metric \u2014 which could still indicate an impending outage.<\/p>\n

Monitoring hardware failure<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Some network monitoring solutions can detect when the hardware inside a network node has failed or is failing, telltale signs of a network outage. Factors that could be tracked include power input, battery life, and device fan speed. At its basic level, a network monitoring solution should inform your enterprise when a device has suddenly become inoperable.<\/p>\n

Configuration testing<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Whenever you install or modify a device connected to your network, you’ll have to configure it to work properly. Misconfiguring a network device could lead to that device causing devastating performance problems later down the road. Many network monitoring solutions allow you to quickly test a recently-configured device to ensure that it’s operating correctly with its new settings.<\/p>\n

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Looking for a solution to help you improve your network performance? Our Network Monitoring Buyer’s Guide<\/a> contains profiles on the top network performance monitor vendors, as well as questions you should ask providers and yourself before buying.<\/em><\/p>\n

Check us out on\u00a0Twitter<\/a> for the latest in Network Monitoring news and developments!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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