{"@attributes":{"version":"2.0"},"channel":{"title":"Paessler Blog (English)","link":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com","description":"You're an IT geek, sys-admin, or just interested in Monitoring topics? Read this blog!","language":"en-us","pubDate":"Wed, 06 May 2026 07:30:00 GMT","item":[{"title":"Windows Server Monitoring Best Practices: How to Keep Your Server Performance Under Control","link":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/windows-server-monitoring-best-practices-how-to-keep-your-server-performance-under-control","description":"
\n \"Windows <\/a> \n<\/div> \n

Your Windows server goes down at 2 a.m. on a Friday. Nobody noticed the warning signs - disk space had been creeping up for days, CPU usage spiked every evening around 6 p.m., and the event logs were practically screaming for attention. The on-call admin gets woken up. The helpdesk starts filling with tickets. And somewhere, a manager is asking why nobody saw this coming.<\/span><\/p>","category":["Server","Windows"],"pubDate":"Wed, 06 May 2026 07:30:00 GMT","author":"michael.becker@paessler.com (Michael Becker)","guid":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/windows-server-monitoring-best-practices-how-to-keep-your-server-performance-under-control"},{"title":"Bridging IT and OT: Paessler PRTG and Bosch Rexroth ctrlX World","link":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/bridging-it-and-ot-prtg-and-bosch-rexroth-ctrlx-world","description":"

\n \"Bridging <\/a> \n<\/div> \n

How a strategic ecosystem partnership and a real-world Smart Factory deployment redefine convergent industrial monitoring.<\/em><\/p>","category":"Industrial IoT","pubDate":"Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:02:25 GMT","author":"daniel.sukowski@paessler.com (Daniel Sukowski)","guid":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/bridging-it-and-ot-prtg-and-bosch-rexroth-ctrlx-world"},{"title":"Power Monitoring Made Simple: How to Monitor UPS Systems and PDUs in Real-Time","link":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/power-monitoring-made-simple-how-to-monitor-ups-systems-and-pdus-in-real-time","description":"

\n \"Power <\/a> \n<\/div> \n

Ask any IT admin about their worst day at work, and there's a good chance power was involved. Not because power failures are common - but because when they happen unmonitored, the damage is immediate and often avoidable. A UPS battery that should have been replaced six months ago. A rack PDU running dangerously close to its limit. Small things, until they aren't. Then the power flickers. Your UPS systems kick in - or at least, they're supposed to. But how confident are you that your battery backup has enough runtime left?<\/span> Or that your power distribution units aren't already running at the edge of their capacity? If you're honest, that confidence might be shakier than you'd like.<\/p>","category":["Power","UPS"],"pubDate":"Wed, 29 Apr 2026 07:30:00 GMT","author":"michael.becker@paessler.com (Michael Becker)","guid":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/power-monitoring-made-simple-how-to-monitor-ups-systems-and-pdus-in-real-time"},{"title":"How Paessler's SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 Certifications Simplify Your Compliance and Procurement","link":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/how-paesslers-soc-2-type-2-and-iso-27001-certifications-simplify-your-compliance-and-procurement","description":"

\n \"How <\/a> \n<\/div> \n

I've spent most of my career in cybersecurity, and one thing I've learned is that trust isn't just handed out. It's earned. When you're running a network monitoring solution like Paessler PRTG<\/a>, you're giving it visibility into the most critical parts of your infrastructure. That's not a small thing. It means you need to know that the company behind the tool takes security as seriously as you do.<\/span><\/p>","category":["All about PRTG","Security"],"pubDate":"Mon, 27 Apr 2026 08:00:00 GMT","author":"jay.miller@paessler.com (Jay Miller)","guid":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/how-paesslers-soc-2-type-2-and-iso-27001-certifications-simplify-your-compliance-and-procurement"},{"title":"The Storage Monitoring Matrix: 10 Critical Metrics Every IT Team Must Track","link":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/the-storage-monitoring-matrix-10-critical-metrics-every-it-team-must-track","description":"

\n \"The <\/a> \n<\/div> \n

By the time you know there's a storage problem, it's already too late.<\/p> \n

A LUN fills up overnight. A SAN starts throwing latency spikes nobody noticed. A backup job silently fails for three weeks. These aren't edge cases. They're what happens when IT teams rely on reactive monitoring instead of a structured approach.<\/p>","category":"Storage","pubDate":"Wed, 22 Apr 2026 11:31:22 GMT","author":"sascha.neumeier@paessler.com (Sascha Neumeier)","guid":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/the-storage-monitoring-matrix-10-critical-metrics-every-it-team-must-track"},{"title":"More Security, Better Performance - WSMan and Kerberos Authentication for WMI Sensors in PRTG","link":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/more-security-better-performance-wsman-and-kerberos-authentication-for-wmi-sensors-in-prtg","description":"

\n \"More <\/a> \n<\/div> \n

If you've been following Microsoft's announcements, you probably already know that NTLM is on its way out. It's not a question of \"if\" anymore - it's \"when.\" And as an IT admin who relies on WMI sensors for monitoring your Windows infrastructure, that's something you need to be prepared for.<\/span><\/p>","category":"Security","pubDate":"Wed, 15 Apr 2026 06:44:48 GMT","author":"michael.becker@paessler.com (Michael Becker)","guid":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/more-security-better-performance-wsman-and-kerberos-authentication-for-wmi-sensors-in-prtg"},{"title":"Next Up: Two More Proxmox Sensors for PRTG - Cluster Health and Node Performance","link":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/next-up-two-more-proxmox-sensors-for-prtg-cluster-health-and-node-performance","description":"

\n \"Next <\/a> \n<\/div> \n

A little while ago, we introduced the first two Proxmox sensors for PRTG - the Proxmox VE Virtual Machine Status sensor and the Proxmox VE Container Status sensor. If you missed that one, worth a quick read: check out the full article here<\/a>. Back then, we already mentioned that more sensors were coming. Well, here they are. Both are now available in beta: the Proxmox VE Cluster Health sensor<\/strong> and the Proxmox VE Node Performance sensor<\/strong>.<\/p>","category":"All about PRTG","pubDate":"Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:17:00 GMT","author":"michael.becker@paessler.com (Michael Becker)","guid":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/next-up-two-more-proxmox-sensors-for-prtg-cluster-health-and-node-performance"},{"title":"PRTG 26.1.118 is now available in the stable release channel","link":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/prtg-26.1.118-is-now-available-in-the-stable-release-channel","description":"

\n \"PRTG <\/a> \n<\/div> \n

We just released PRTG version 26.1.118<\/a> to the stable release channel - and this one is packed. The highlight of this release is the first Beta of <\/span>PRTG Database<\/span>, a brand-new PostgreSQL-based storage layer designed to boost efficiency and speed in large PRTG installations. On top of that, you get two new experimental sensors for Proxmox VE<\/span>, the new <\/span>SNMP Windows Service v2<\/span> sensor, a rewritten <\/span>SSL\/TLS Security Check<\/span> sensor, WSMan protocol support for WMI connections, and a range of further improvements across the board.<\/span><\/p>","category":"All about PRTG","pubDate":"Fri, 10 Apr 2026 07:30:00 GMT","author":"michael.becker@paessler.com (Michael Becker)","guid":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/prtg-26.1.118-is-now-available-in-the-stable-release-channel"},{"title":"OT Network Monitoring Made Easy: SCADA, Modbus, OPC UA, and IIoT with PRTG","link":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/ot-network-monitoring-made-easy-scada-modbus-opc-ua-and-iiot-with-prtg","description":"

\n \"OT <\/a> \n<\/div> \n

You probably know this situation: the production line goes silent, alarms start flashing, and everyone immediately looks at you - the IT admin. Is it the network? A PLC<\/a>? The SCADA system<\/a>? Or maybe some obscure sensor nobody remembered to add to the monitoring setup? Finding the root cause in an OT environment can feel like detective work with half the evidence missing.<\/span><\/p>","category":"OT | Operational Technology","pubDate":"Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:44:26 GMT","author":"michael.becker@paessler.com (Michael Becker)","guid":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/ot-network-monitoring-made-easy-scada-modbus-opc-ua-and-iiot-with-prtg"},{"title":"MSP Monitoring Strategies: How Managed Service Providers Optimize IT Infrastructure and Client Networks","link":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/msp-monitoring-strategies-how-managed-service-providers-optimize-it-infrastructure-and-client-networks-1","description":"

\n \"MSP <\/a> \n<\/div> \n

Running an MSP is a bit like being a doctor on call - always. Your clients expect you to know about problems before they do, fix things before they break, and keep everything running smoothly around the clock. That's a tall order. And let's be honest: without the right monitoring strategies in place, it's nearly impossible to meet those expectations at scale.<\/span><\/p>","category":"MSP","pubDate":"Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:20:37 GMT","author":"michael.becker@paessler.com (Michael Becker)","guid":"https:\/\/blog.paessler.com\/msp-monitoring-strategies-how-managed-service-providers-optimize-it-infrastructure-and-client-networks-1"}]}}