Question

Discuss the tools used in Network monitoring. How are different tools different in the results obtained? Would you say that using a different tool would give better results? Please explain.

Answer 1

Datadog gives you total visibility across your network with inexpensive, targeted solutions that are built to match your needs. In addition to their network monitoring solutions, Datadog has a host of tools designed to help you observe and manage infrastructure, security, log data, end-to-end user experience, and more.

Some of the salient features of Datadog are:

• Cross-AZ traffic analysis
• External traffic tracking
• Hardware and flow data side-by-side
• Hybrid, on-premise, and cloud coverage
• Meaningful traffic aggregation
• Network traffic mapping
• User-defined tagging

PRTG is an industry favorite because it is a true all-in-one, vendor-agnostic solution. Companies with large infrastructures spread between multiple locations use PRTG to visualize and manage their network needs across the entire IT environment.

Some of the salient features of PRTG are:

• IT infrastructure
• Network traffic
• Virtual, cloud, and hybrid environments
• IoT

It is not wise to say that one tool will give better result than other as each toold has its own advantage. One can use a mix of each tol and use the feature of the tool in which it is best at.