System Requirements for PRTG Network Monitor
PRTG Network Monitor requires the following basic system configuration:
- Windows XP/2003/Vista/2008 (32bit and 64bit)
- PRTG uses at least 40 MB RAM (memory usage can increase to 3 GB RAM for configurations of over 10,000 sensors)
- 20 MB disk space for installation
- between 25kb and 300kb disk space per sensor per day for the monitoring data database
- TCP/IP Network Connection
- For installations with 100 sensors or more please see our knowledgebase article Planning Large Installations of PRTG Network Monitor 7
The web interface requires Internet Explorer 7.x or Firefox 2/3 (on any platform) with enabled Javascript (Firefox 3 is recommended).
For SNMP Monitoring: The monitored device(s) must be equipped with SNMP Version 1, 2c or 3 (or an SNMP software must be installed on the device). SNMP must be enabled on the device and the machine running PRTG must be allowed access to the SNMP interface.
For Netflow Monitoring: The device must be configured to send NetFlow data packets (NetFlow Version 5) to the machine running PRTG and a Netflow Collector must be set up in PRTG.
For Packet Sniffing: Only data packets passing the local machine’s network card can be analyzed. For cross-network monitoring in switched networks the use of switches with so-called “monitoring ports” is necessary. See the manual for detailed information.
