Network Monitoring System (NMS) by Kentik is a next-generation platform that continuously observes a network’s health and performance. It collects and analyzes data from devices like routers, switches, and servers to identify and troubleshoot issues, providing real-time insights, alerts for potential problems, and comprehensive reports to ensure optimal functionality.

Features

• Unified Telemetry: Onboard all your gear with vendor-agnostic network monitoring for any device out of the box.
• Real-Time Data Collection: Ingest streaming telemetry and custom metrics with the same system that polls SNMP.
• AI-Assisted Troubleshooting: Equip experts with natural language query and troubleshooting assist to dig deep into complex networks.
• Faster Polling: Use faster polling to know what’s broken faster, so the team can fix it faster.
• Event-Based Monitoring: Reduce monitoring strain by leveraging event-based monitoring for your most important (and most expensive) gear.
• Holistic View: Identify root cause quickly with traffic pattern insights and a holistic view of device health.
• Device Lifecycle Management: Plan, scale, and report on capacity and performance in one platform.
• Real-Time Data: See metrics from all protocols and device flavors with fast polling that defaults to every minute.
• Consolidated Tools: Map what’s happening on the box to real traffic anomalies and trends in one view.
• Natural Language Queries: Explore streaming telemetry, SNMP, and custom metrics from any collector, with the option to ask in natural language.

Benefits

• Enhanced Efficiency: Shrink MTTR by quickly identifying root causes with traffic pattern insights.
• Optimized Device Management: Efficiently manage device lifecycles with comprehensive capacity and performance planning.
• Reduced Monitoring Overhead: Detect faulty network devices with continuous monitoring and alerts, delivered as SaaS.
• Rapid Troubleshooting: Quickly troubleshoot complex issues with Kentik AI.
• Proactive Issue Resolution: Address network issues before they impact users by combining metrics, traffic analysis, and synthetic testing.