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href="/network-monitoring/network-fault-management.html" title="Network Fault Management">Network Fault Management</a></li> <li id="adv-alt"><a href="/network-monitoring/fault-monitoring.html" title="Network Fault Monitoring">Network Fault Monitoring</a></li> <li id="adv-mon-ale"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-monitoring-alerts.html" title="Network Monitoring Alerts">Network Monitoring Alerts</a></li> <li id="adv-rca"><a href="/network-monitoring/root-cause-analysis.html" title="Root Cause Analysis for Network Faults">Root Cause Analysis for Network Faults</a></li> <li id="adv-netauto"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-automation.html" title="Network Automation">Network Automation</a></li> <li id="trob-net-issue"><a href="/network-monitoring/troubleshooting-network-issues.html" title="Troubleshooting Network Issues">Troubleshooting Network Issues</a></li> <li id="it-work"><a href="/network-monitoring/it-workflow-automation.html" title="IT Workflow Automation">IT Workflow Automation</a></li> <li id="net-tro"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-troubleshooting-tools.html" title="Network Troubleshooting Tools">Network Troubleshooting Tools</a></li> <li id="mgmt-dsh"><a href="/network-monitoring/align-it-to-business.html" title="Service Level Management Dashboards">Service Level<br> Management Dashboards</a></li> <li id="ibn"><a href="/network-monitoring/intent-based-networking.html" title="What is Intent based Networking (IBN)?">Intent based Networking (IBN)</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-dcm"><span>Data Center Management</span> <ul> <li id="tree-dcmo"><a href="/network-monitoring/data-center-monitoring.html" title="Data Center Monitoring">Data Center Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-dcm"><a href="/network-monitoring/datacenter-management.html" title="Data Center Management">Data Center Management</a></li> <li id="tree-dcn"><a href="/network-monitoring/data-center-networking.html" title="Data Center Networking">Data Center Networking</a></li> <li id="tree-dcflr"><a href="/network-monitoring/datacenter-visual-modeling.html" title="3D Datacenter Floor">3D Datacenter Floor</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-nsm"><span>Storage Management</span> <ul> <li id="sto-san-mgnt"><a href="/network-monitoring/san-monitoring.html" title="SAN Monitoring">SAN Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-storage"><a href="/network-monitoring/storage-monitoring.html" title="Storage Monitoring">Storage Monitoring</a></li> <li id="sto-ra-mgnt"><a href="/network-monitoring/storage-raid-management.html" title="Storage Raid Management">Storage Raid Management</a></li> <li id="ta-lib-mgnt"><a href="/network-monitoring/tape-library-management.html" title="Tape Library Management">Tape Library Management</a></li> <li id="sto-md"><a href="/network-monitoring/storage-monitoring-dashboard.html" title="Storage Monitoring Dashboard">Storage Monitoring Dashboard</a></li> <li id="sto-cap-plan"><a href="/network-monitoring/storage-capacity-forecasting-planning.html" title="Storage Capacity Forecasting">Storage Capacity Forecasting</a></li> <li id="fa-sw-mgnt"><a href="/network-monitoring/san-switch-management.html" title="Fabric Switch Management">Fabric Switch Management</a></li> <li id="fa-sw-netapp"><a href="/network-monitoring/netapp-monitoring.html" title="NetApp Monitoring">NetApp Monitoring</a></li> <li id="fa-nsm-dellstorage"><a href="/network-monitoring/dell-storage-monitoring.html" title="Dell EMC Storage Monitoring">Dell EMC Storage Monitoring</a></li> <li id="fa-nsm-ibmstorage"><a href="/network-monitoring/ibm-storage-monitoring.html" title="IBM Storage Monitoring">IBM Storage Monitoring</a></li> <li id="fa-hpe-ibmstorage"><a href="/network-monitoring/hpe-storage-monitoring.html" title="HPE Storage Monitoring">HPE Storage Monitoring</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-repo"><span>Reports</span> <ul> <li id="nt-sr"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-reporting.html" title="Scheduled Reports">Scheduled Reports</a></li> <li id="nt-rprt"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-performance-reporting.html" title="Network Performance Reporting">Network Performance Reporting</a></li> <li id="busines-rpt"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-reports.html" title="Business Snapshot Based Reports">Business Snapshot Based Reports</a></li> <li id="forcst-rpt"><a href="/network-monitoring/forecast-reports.html" title="Forecast Reports">Forecast Reports</a></li> <li id="nt-cu-rprt"><a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/network-performance-reporting.html#custom-reports" title="Custom Reports">Custom Reports</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-multi"><span>Multi-site & Remote Monitoring</span> <ul> <li id="fea-enmtool"><a href="/network-monitoring/enterprise-monitoring-tools.html" title="Enterprise Monitoring Tools">Enterprise Monitoring Tools</a></li> <li id="fea-dis"><a href="/network-monitoring/distributed-network-monitoring.html" title="Distributed Network Monitoring">Distributed Network Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-enm"><a href="/network-monitoring/enterprise-network-monitoring.html" title="Enterprise Network Monitoring">Enterprise Network Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-su"><a href="/network-monitoring/enterprise-smart-upgrade.html" title="Smart Upgrade">Smart Upgrade</a></li> <li id="tree-remote"><a href="/network-monitoring/remote-network-monitoring.html" title="Remote Network Monitoring">Remote Network Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-opmmsp"><a href="/network-monitoring/rmm-software.html" title="OpManager MSP">OpManager MSP</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-integ"><span>Integrations and Add-ons</span> <ul> <li id="tree-addons"><a href="/network-monitoring/opmanager-addons.html" title="Add-ons">Add-ons</a></li> <li id="tree-traffic"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-traffic-analysis.html" title="Network Traffic Analysis">Network Traffic Analysis</a></li> <li id="tree-ncm"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-configuration-management.html" title="Network Configuration Management">Network Configuration Management</a></li> <li id="tree-log"><a href="/network-monitoring/firewall-management.html" title="Firewall Log Management">Firewall Log Management</a></li> <li id="tree-ipam"><a href="/network-monitoring/ipam-spm-plugin.html#IPAM" title="IP Address Management">IP Address Management</a></li> <li id="tree-portmap"><a href="/network-monitoring/ipam-spm-plugin.html#SPM" title="Switch Port Mapper">Switch Port Mapper</a></li> <li id="tree-apm-plugin"><a href="/network-monitoring/apm-plugin-overview.html" title="Applications Monitoring">Applications Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-meprd"><a href="/network-monitoring/integration.html" title="Integrations">Integrations</a></li> <li id="help-dsk"><a href="/network-monitoring/helpdesk-integration.html" title="ServiceDesk Plus Integration">ServiceDesk Plus Integration</a></li> <li id="help-sdp-ond"><a href="/network-monitoring/servicedesk-plus-cloud-integration.html" title="ServiceDesk Plus Cloud Integration">ServiceDesk Plus Cloud Integration</a></li> <li id="help-sdp-msp"><a href="/network-monitoring/opmanager-servicedeskplus-msp-integration.html" title="SDP MSP Integration">ServiceDesk Plus MSP Integration</a></li> <li id="help-serv"><a href="/network-monitoring/opmanager-servicenow-integration.html" title="ServiceNow Integration">ServiceNow Integration</a></li> <li id="help-jira"><a href="/network-monitoring/opmanager-jiraservicedesk-integration.html" title="Jira Service Management Integration">Jira Service Management Integration</a></li> <li id="help-slack"><a href="/network-monitoring/opmanager-slack-integration.html" title="Slack Integration">Slack Integration</a></li> <li id="help-webhook"><a href="/network-monitoring/webhook-integration.html" title="Webhook Integration">Webhook Integration</a></li> <li id="tree-restapi"><a href="http://api.opmanager.com/" target="_blank" title="REST API">REST API</a></li> <li id="tree-cust"><a href="/network-monitoring/custom-integrations.html" title="Custom Integrations">Custom Integrations</a></li> <li id="help-analy"><a href="/network-monitoring/analytics-plus-overview.html" title="Integration with Analytics Plus">Integration with Analytics Plus</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-mobile"><span>Mobile Application</span> <ul> <li id="tree-mobile-apps"><a href="/network-monitoring/mobile-apps.html" title="Monitor IT on the move">Monitor IT on the move</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-bnm"><span>Network Monitoring Basics</span> <ul> <li id="tree-bnm"><a href="/network-monitoring/basics-of-network-monitoring.html" title="What is Network Monitoring">Network Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-nrs"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/network-resilience.html" title="Network Resilience">Network Resilience</a></li> <li id="tree-mt"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/mtbf-mttf-mttr.html" title="MTBF-MTTF-MTTR">MTBF-MTTF-MTTR</a></li> <li id="tree-rc"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/raid-configurations.html" title="Raid configurations">Raid configurations</a></li> <li id="tree-hdd"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/hdd-vs-ssd.html" title="HDD-VS-SSD">HDD-VS-SSD</a></li> <li id="tree-sddc"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/software-defined-data-center.html" title="Software Defined Data Center">Software Defined Data Center</a></li> <li id="tree-twi"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/troubleshoot-wifi-issues.html" title="Troubleshoot Wifi Issues">Troubleshoot Wifi Issues</a></li> <li id="tree-spl"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/storage-pools-and-luns.html" title="Storage Pools and Luns">Storage Pools and Luns</a></li> <li id="tree-bmh"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/bare-metal-hypervisor.html" title="Bare Metal Hypervisor">Bare Metal Hypervisor</a></li> <li id="tree-adc"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/application-delivery-controller.html" title="Application Delivery Controller">Application Delivery Controller</a></li> <li id="tree-nmm"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/network-monitoring-metrics.html" title="Network Monitoring Metrics">Network Monitoring Metrics</a></li> <li id="tree-sla"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/sla-monitoring.html" title="SLA Monitoring">SLA Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-da"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/disk-array.html" title="Disk Array">Disk Array</a></li> <li id="tree-nmc"><a href="/network-monitoring/challenges-of-network-monitoring.html" title="Challenges of Network Monitoring"> Challenges of Network Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-wns"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-software.html" title="Network Software"> Network Software </a></li> <li id="tree-nm"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-monitor.html" title="Network Monitor"> Network Monitor </a></li> <li id="tree-whatsnm"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-management.html" title="Network Management">Network Management Software</a></li> <li id="tree-cnm"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-management-challenges.html" title="Network Management Challenges">Network Management Challenges</a></li> <li id="tree-nms"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-management-system.html" title="Network Management System">Network Management System</a></li> <li id="tree-npm"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-performance-management.html" title="Network Performance Management">Network Performance Management</a></li> <li id="tree-nim"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-incident-management.html" title="Network Incident Management">Network Incident Management</a></li> <li id="tree-net-admin"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-administration.html" title="Network Administration">Network Administration</a></li> <li id="tree-cim"><a href="/network-monitoring/cisco-management.html" title="Cisco Management"> Cisco Management</a></li> <li id="nt-tool"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-monitoring-tools.html" title="Network Monitoring Tools">Network Monitoring Tools</a></li> <li id="graph"><a href="/network-monitoring/real-time-network-monitoring.html" title="What is Real-time Network Monitoring?">Real-time Network Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-sm"><a href="/network-monitoring/server-management.html" title="What is Server Management?">Server Management</a></li> <li id="spm"><a href="/network-monitoring/server-performance-management.html" title="What is Server Performance Management?">Server Performance Management</a></li> <li id="tree-wsnmp"><a href="/network-monitoring/what-is-snmp.html" title="What is SNMP?">SNMP</a></li> <li id="tree-vsm"><a href="/network-monitoring/virtual-server-management.html" title="What is Virtual Server Management?">Virtual Server Management</a></li> <li id="tree-anm"><a href="/network-monitoring/agentless-network-monitoring.html" title="What is Agentless Network Monitoring?">Agentless Network Monitoring</a></li> <li id="tree-wnsn"><a href="/network-monitoring/wireless-network-solutions.html" title="Wireless network solutions">Wireless network solutions</a></li> <li id="tree-dsmc"><a href="/network-monitoring/disk-space-monitoring-challenges.html" title="Disk Space Monitoring Challenges">Disk Space Monitoring Challenges</a></li> <li id="tree-wsmc"><a href="/network-monitoring/windows-service-monitoring-challenges.html" title="Windows Service Monitoring Challenges">Windows Service Monitoring Challenges</a></li> <li id="tree-netmap"><a href="/network-monitoring/what-is-network-map.html" title="Network Map">Network Map</a></li> <li id="tree-wiv"><a href="/network-monitoring/what-is-virtualization.html" title="What Is Virtualization?">Virtualization</a></li> <li id="tree-wiv-best"><a href="/network-monitoring/virtualization-best-practices.html" title="Virtualization Best Practices"> Virtualization Best Practices </a></li> <li id="tree-vc"><a href="/network-monitoring/virtualization-challenges.html" title="Virtualization Challenges"> Virtualization Challenges </a></li> <li id="tree-hvc"><a href="/network-monitoring/hyper-V-performance-monitoring-challenges.html" title="Hyper-V Performance Monitoring Challenges"> Hyper-V Performance Monitoring Challenges </a></li> <li id="tree-wifimanbest"><a href="/network-monitoring/wifi-network-management-best-practices.html" title="Wi-Fi Network Management">Wi-Fi Management Best Practices</a></li> <li id="tree-networkprotocols"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-protocols.html" title="Network protocols"> Network protocols </a></li> <li id="tree-nr"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/network-routing.html" title="Network Routing"> Network Routing</a></li> <li id="tree-layer2protocols"><a href="/network-monitoring/layer-2-protocols.html" title="Layer 2 Protocols"> Layer 2 Protocols </a></li> <li id="tree-trouple-nl"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/troubleshooting-network-latency.html" title="Troubleshooting Network Latency"> Troubleshooting Network Latency</a></li> <li id="tree-virtusprawl"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/how-to-prevent-vm-sprawl.html" title="Virtualization Sprawl"> Virtualization Sprawl </a></li> <li id="tree-netdiabasics"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/guide-to-network-diagram.html" title="Basics of Network Diagrams"> Basics of Network Diagrams </a></li> <li id="tree-netdia"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/network-diagrams.html" title="Network Diagrams"> Network Diagrams </a></li> <li id="tree-netmc"><a href="/network-monitoring/network-mapping-challenges.html" title="Network Mapping Challenges"> Network Mapping Challenges </a></li> <li id="tree-network-opti"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/network-optimization.html" title="Network Optimization"> Network Optimization </a></li> <li id="tree-sl"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/switching-loops.html" title="Switching Loops"> Switching Loops </a></li> <li id="tree-roufla"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/route-flapping.html" title="Route Flapping"> Route Flapping </a></li> <li id="tree-vxlan"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/vxlan-vs-vlan.html" title="VXLAN"> VXLAN </a></li> <li id="tree-vlan"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/troubleshoot-vlans.html" title="Troubleshooting VLANs"> Troubleshooting VLANs</a></li> <li id="tree-sdwan"><a href="/network-monitoring/tech-topics/sd-wan.html" title="SD-WAN"> SD-WAN </a></li> <li id="tree-bnwm"><a href="/network-monitoring/best-network-monitor.html" title="Best Network Monitor"> Best Network Monitor </a></li> <li id="tree-bfnms"><a href="/network-monitoring/best-free-network-monitoring-software.html" title="Best Free Network Monitoring Software"> Best Free Network Monitoring Software </a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-alter"><span>OpManager Alternatives</span> <ul> <li id="tree-alter"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-solarwinds-npm.html" title="Solarwinds Alternative">Solarwinds Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter1"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-prtg.html" title="PRTG Alternative">PRTG Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter2"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-zabbix.html" title="Zabbix Alternative">Zabbix Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter3"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-whatsupgold.html" title="Whatsup Gold Alternative">Whatsup Gold Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter4"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-nagios-xi.html" title="Nagios XI Alternative">Nagios XI Alternative</a></li> <li id="tree-alter5"><a href="/network-monitoring/alternative-to-spiceworks.html" title="Spiceworks Alternative">Spiceworks Alternative</a></li> </ul> </li> <li id="fea-access"><span>Network Access Control</span> <ul> <li id="tree-role-access"><a href="/network-monitoring/role-based-access-control.html" title="Customizable Role-based Access Control"> Customizable Role-based Access Control </a> </li> <li id="tree-role-saml"><a href="/network-monitoring/SAML-authentication.html" title="SAML Authentication"> SAML Authentication </a> </li> </ul> </ul> <div id="itom-related-products"></div> <div id="itom-lhs-img"></div> </div> <div class="rhs-cont"> <h1>Network Monitoring Metrics</h1> <p>Network monitoring forms the backbone of IT and is essential for preventing unplanned outages that can disrupt your business. Even a few minutes of downtime can lead to business losses, and not using a network monitoring system to constantly track your network for faults is a definite risk.</p> <p>Imagine an e-commerce company losing network availability on Black Friday due to a website overload. This could cause the primary server cluster to crash due to excessive bandwidth usage and high latency, resulting in lost sales for the business and incomplete purchases for customers—ultimately leading to reputational damage and customer churn.</p> <p>This is why investing in <a href="/network-monitoring/_442802435" target="_blank">network monitoring solutions</a> is a wise and secure choice. Especially with remote work becoming the norm, monitoring tools allow companies to oversee the network from anywhere in the world, helping to maintain peak performance at all times.</p> <h2>What are network monitoring metrics?</h2> <p>Network monitoring metrics are the variables used to measure the health, behaviour and performance of a network. When <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/basics-of-network-monitoring.html?nw-mon-tools" target="_blank">monitoring your network</a>, there are so many aspects that may come to your mind, and this can make monitoring a complex and stressful job.</p> <p>Focusing on the most important network performance monitoring metrics or KPIs will simplify this, enabling you to understand the performance of your network clearly. Analyzing the performance based on certain network monitoring metrics will give you an overall perspective of your network performance and also aid in identifying specific issues that dampen the end-user experience.</p> <h2>Key network performance metrics or KPIs</h2> <p>The major network performance metrics to focus on are:</p> <div class="sec-row inner-nav-bg sticky" id="key-benefits"> <div class="nav-inner"><a href="#1">Availability</a> <a href="#2">CPU usage and memory</a><a href="#3">Bandwidth and throughput </a><a href="#4">Latency</a><a href="#5">Mean opinion score (MOS)</a><a href="#6">Packet errors</a><a href="#7">Configurations</a><a href="#8">Syslogs</a></div> </div> <h3 id="1">Availability</h3> <ul> <li>Among the list of network monitoring metrics, the most fundamental and crucial one is availability. Availability is a metric that tells you the time during which your network was active. Most monitoring tools use the ping function to poll a device at constant intervals to get its availability.</li> <li>Measuring the <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/tech-topics/network-packet-loss.html?nw-mon-metrics" target="_blank">packet loss</a> or the response time will also tell you more accurately about availability.</li> </ul> <h3 id="2">CPU usage and memory</h3> <ul> <li>Monitoring network metrics will not be efficient without tracking CPU and memory utilization in your network.</li> <li>CPU usage or utilization means the amount of CPU resources used to run an application or to render a service. This network monitoring metric tells you about the applications running as well as about the performance of your system.</li> <li>High CPU utilization does not necessarily mean your system is incapable of handling the load, but if it is constant, it can point to the need for proper load balancing.</li> <li>Memory may seem like something that you need only when you actually require more, but high memory utilization can potentially affect application performance by slowing down operations.</li> </ul> <h3 id="3">Bandwidth and throughput</h3> <ul> <li>The reason these two metrics are explained under a common header is that there is a misconception that both are the same, and that both the terms can be used interchangeably.</li> <li>Bandwidth refers to the maximum data that can be exchanged in your network as allowed by your service provider. You can use bandwidth as a baseline value and fine-tune your routers and connecting channels in your network to maintain data transfer rates as close as possible to the bandwidth.</li> <li>Throughput, on the other hand, tells you the actual rate of the data transfer that happens within your network. When the throughput value falls down, you can perceive that there is high packet loss and troubleshoot associated devices to find the cause.</li> </ul> <p>Read more on the relationship between <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/tech-topics/troubleshoot-wifi-issues.html" target="_self">throughput and SNR value</a>.</p> <h3 id="4">Latency</h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/tech-topics/troubleshooting-network-latency.html?nw-mon-metrics" target="_blank">Latency</a> tells you the total time taken between a request and response. This is a significant network monitoring metric that clearly tells you how the end user feels.</li> <li>Latency is usually impacted by under-performing devices such as a faulty router or an overloaded server. It can also be affected because of the geographical distance between the client and the server.</li> <li>Once you find the cause, you can resolve latency either by fixing the devices or setting up extra servers in new locations to handle the extra load.</li> </ul> <h3 id="5">Mean opinion score (MOS)</h3> <ul> <li>MOS is an effective way of measuring the quality of the Vocie over IP (VoIP) calls. The score actually tells you the quality of the call as perceived by a human being; that is why it is called an opinion score, meaning it gives you the opinion of a human. The score ranges from 1 to 5. The greater the number, the better the score.</li> <li>As organizations increasingly depend on voice calls and video calls, analyzing the performance of those calls is important to optimize your network so that users enjoy seamless and uninterrupted calls.</li> <li>Analyzing the associated metrics, such as jitter, packet loss, round trip time, and latency will give you an comprehensive picture on call performance, which simplifies troubleshooting.</li> </ul> <h3 id="6">Packet errors</h3> <ul> <li>Data is received and transmitted in the form of packets in the network. So, analyzing the packets is important and helps you troubleshoot issues like sluggish network speed.</li> <li>Packet loss is one metric that you can focus on. It means that packets are lost (somewhere) during transit. It is a powerful metric that tells you why your VoIP calls are truncated or why a download takes longer than is ideal.</li> <li>With the help of your monitoring software, you can trace the exact spot where the packet loss occurred in your network to resolve it.</li> <li><strong>Packet discard</strong> is another useful metric. This metric is not the same as packet loss. When you are monitoring packet loss, you are actually trying to identity where the packet dropped on the way, which means the packet has not reached its destination. Packet discard is about a packet that has reached its destination but has an error in it—the packet can be damaged or a non-requested packet might have arrived.</li> </ul> <h3 id="7">Configurations</h3> <ul> <li>Network configurations are not a metric in themselves, however managing configurations is important to reduce the time required to resolve outages.</li> <li>For example, suddenly a device in your data center becomes non-functional, bringing your services to a crashing halt. You arrange an alternate device and physically install the device.</li> <li>But to operate the device, you need to configure it. Manually configuring the new device will be time-consuming, and it is seemingly impossible to remember all the configurations that were done incrementally over a period. By backing up the configs, you can setup the device and restore your services quickly.</li> <li>Faulty configurations can also affect device performance, sometimes even triggering an outage. The <a href="https://engineering.fb.com/2021/10/05/networking-traffic/outage-details/" target="_blank">Facebook network outage</a> in 2021 was triggered by a configuration change. So managing configuration is decisive to keep your network healthy in the long term.</li> </ul> <h3 id="8">Syslogs</h3> <ul> <li>Syslogs again are not a specific performance metric, but they do help you identify issues as and when they appear by enabling you to narrow down the cause.</li> <li>Simply by transferring syslogs from the end device to a syslog server, you can pinpoint the issue. The beauty of syslogs it that you have multiple levels that determine the criticality or threat level of the syslog message such as error, inform, and debug. The criticality enables you to decide whether to act upon a certain event immediately or attend to it later.</li> <li>For example, you can configure to trigger syslog messages as alerts when a certain number of incorrect login attempts are made. From the syslog message, you can understand there is unauthorized user entry into your network and take corrective steps immediately.</li> </ul> <h2>Simplify KPI analysis with a unified network monitoring tool</h2> <p>Most of the <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/network-monitoring-software.html?nw-mon-metrics" target="_blank">network monitoring software</a> available in the market supports various key performance metrics and helps monitor your network. But that alone is not enough if you look forward to achieving your business outcomes.</p> <p>A good monitoring tool will help you reduce the time wasted in mundane, repetitive tasks and enables you to use that time to complete other meaningful tasks.</p> <p>So when purchasing a monitoring tool, we suggest you consider the following aspects:</p> <p><img src="/network-monitoring/images/Network-monitoring-tool-v1.jpg" title="Key Metrics of Network Monitoring" style="width: 1440px;" alt="Network Monitoring Metrics - ManageEngine OpManager" /></p> <ul> <li>Automation capabilities to automate routine actions</li> <li>Integrations with well-known third-party applications (especially help desk software)</li> <li>Easy to scale</li> <li>Vendor-agnostic</li> <li>Easy to deploy</li> <li>Responsive IT support</li> </ul> <p><a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/?nw-mon-metrics" target="_blank">ManageEngine OpManager</a> will tick all these parameters and is suitable for SMBs as well as enterprises. It can monitor a wide range of devices including servers, switches, load balancers, routers, storage devices, and everything that has an IP address and is connected to your network.</p> <p>It gives a unified, intuitive view of your network performance with granular-level visibility on all your individual devices, making things easier for troubleshooting.</p> <p>Interested in our solution? <a href="https://www.manageengine.com/network-monitoring/opmanager-editions.html?nw-mon-metrics" target="_self">Request a quote</a> to identify which version would suit your company or <a href="https://demo.opmanager.com/?nw-mon-metrics" target="_self">try the demo of the standard edition</a> to get a glimpse of how our product performs.</p> <div class="accordion_container" id="faq"> <h2>FAQs on Network monitoring metrics</h2> <div class="accordion_head"> <h2 class="faqh">What are metrics in network monitoring?</h2> <span class="plusminus">+</span></div> <div class="accordion_body" style="display: none;"> <p>Metrics in network monitoring are key performance indicators (KPIs) that help network administrators examine the health, performance, and availability of a network. 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