Being an IT Pro is like being a racecar driver… there are twists, turns, and obstacles wherever you may drive. But life is easier in a racecar when you have the information you need at your fingertips exactly when you need it. From the tire pressure to the engine temperature to your fuel level, the more info you have right in front of you, the better.

The same can be said for your network. You need to know the critical information at a glance. At any time, you should be able to glance up and see whether you are running out of RAM or storage on your servers or if you are losing large amounts of packets on your network. This is where the new Spiceworks Network Monitor comes in to make you the driver of your IT day.

Spiceworks Network Monitor adds on to the Spiceworks platform to change things up from “what I have” to “what’s it all doing” so you can get ahead of problems before they start. The Spiceworks Network Monitor is a real-time monitoring app of critical details such as:

Device up/down

CPU % usage

CPU queue length

Hard disk % usage

Hard disk usage rate

Server network traffic

Server packet loss

RAM % usage

RAM page ins

Network device IO

Network device packet loss

Out-of-the-box (the digital box that is), there are automatically configured monitors so that you can be up in running in just a matter of a few minutes. Additionally, you can troubleshoot devices, remote into devices, and start and stop processes and services all from the app.

So how do you get your hands on Spiceworks Network Monitor? Well, you are going to have to wait a little bit longer. We are currently running an Early Access program with SpiceWorld London attendees but hope to have it out for an open beta soon.

To make sure you are one of the first to hear when the beta opens and to get exclusive news on Spiceworks Network Monitors, head over to www.spiceworks.com/drive and get signed up.