Humidity monitoring
with PRTG
Protect your hardware from environmental damage
- Get humidity readings directly from thermo-hygrometer sensors
- Measure both internal and external environmental values
- Be notified in real time if moisture levels exceed thresholds
Our users give top ratings for monitoring with Paessler PRTG
PRTG humidity monitoring: What you’ll find on this page
PRTG makes humidity monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent moisture-related issues.
Why choose PRTG as your humidity monitoring tool?
It might be no great news for you that even your hardware requires special protection. This does not only mean measures against unauthorized access to your server room. With its tendency to steam up hardware, corrode expensive equipment, and cause electrical malfunctions, humidity can be a nightmare for any sysadmin. Protect your hardware against environmental factors such as temperature and humidity with Paessler PRTG.
Protect your IT environment
If humidity levels in your server room are too low or too high, you’re risking important software and applications, business processes, valuable data, and the work of entire departments. The best way to ensure everything stays safe is with 24/7 monitoring with Paessler PRTG.
Integrate with any IoT device
With PRTG, you can use the hygrometer sensors of almost all the major manufacturers to measure humidity levels both within and around your hardware. PRTG is compatible, for example, with Kentix, Jacarta, Netatmo, egnite, APC, HWgroup, or MessPC.
Prevent downtime & save money
PRTG’s non-stop monitoring gives you a convenient overview of all the current humidity levels to prevent damage to server equipment – and the loss in productivity that goes along with it. Prevent costly downtime and the need to buy new hardware, with PRTG.
Receive custom, real-time alerts
PRTG responds to fluctuations in humidity promptly, automatically alerting you in the event your threshold values are exceeded via SMS, email, push notification (with our mobile apps for iOS or Android), and other methods. This way, you can stop problems in their tracks.
Get your overview at a glance
Easy-to-read dashboards and graphs can be customized to compare humidity levels with other values, even over longer periods of time. What’s more: with our comprehensive monitoring software, you can generate in-depth reports for future optimization planning.
Monitor more than humidity
In addition to humidity, PRTG lets you monitor other environmental factors in your server room, including temperature, water leaks, fire hazards, smoldering fires, brightness, and windows or doors which have been left open.
What humidity monitoring looks like in PRTG
Diagnose network issues by continuously tracking the humidity levels in your server room or directly in your server rack. Show moisture levels and other key metrics in real time. Visualize monitoring data in graphic maps and dashboards to identify problems more easily. Gain the overview you need to troubleshoot issues with the humidity in your data center or server room (or even greenhouse).
Device tree view of the complete monitoring setup
HTTP IoT Push Data Advanced sensor in PRTG
Custom PRTG dashboard for keeping an eye on the entire IT infrastructure
Start monitoring humidity levels with PRTG and see how it can make your network more reliable and your job easier.
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Humidity monitoring is easy with PRTG
Set up PRTG humidity monitoring in minutes, and avoid costly downtime
to keep your company operating at peak performance.
Place your humidity and/or temperature sensors in key locations both inside and outside your server room.
Connect the sensors to your network and choose an appropriate transmission technology (such as SNMP or HTTP).
Create HTTP IoT Push Data Advanced sensors in PRTG for each IoT hardware sensor to collect and analyze the data you need.
Set your threshold values in PRTG, and immediately receive an alert by email, SMS, or push notification in the event of a problem.
Your humidity meter at a glance – even on the go
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Find the root cause of the problem with our PRTG humidity & temperature monitoring solution
Real-time notifications mean faster troubleshooting so that you can act before more serious issues occur.
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“Excellent tool for detailed monitoring. Alarms and notifications work greatly. Equipment addition is straight forward and server initial setup is very easy. ...feel safe to purchase it if you intend to monitor a large networking landscape.”
Infrastructure and Operations Engineer in the Communications Industry, firm size 10B - 30B USD
PRTG makes humidity monitoring as easy as it gets
Custom alerts and data visualization let you quickly identify and prevent moisture-related issues.
Monitor humidity: FAQ
What is humidity in an IT context?
In an IT context, humidity refers to the amount of moisture present in the air within data centers, server rooms, or other environments housing IT equipment.
If the air is too dry (low indoor humidity), it can lead to the buildup of static electricity, which can cause electrostatic discharge (ESD). ESD can damage sensitive electronic components in servers and other IT equipment. Excessive moisture in the air can lead to condensation, which can cause short circuits and corrosion of metal components, ultimately damaging the equipment.
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) recommends that data centers maintain relative humidity levels between 40% and 60%. This range helps mitigate the risks associated with both low and high humidity.
What are the components of a humidity monitoring system?
- Humidity sensors: Devices that measure the amount of moisture in the air. These sensors can be standalone wireless sensors that connect for example via Bluetooth or WiFi, or integrated into environmental monitoring systems. They often measure relative humidity (RH) and sometimes temperature as well.
- Data loggers: Devices that record humidity levels over time. These can be standalone or part of a more comprehensive environmental monitoring system.
- Monitoring software: Software like Paessler PRTG that collects data from humidity sensors and data loggers, provides real-time monitoring, historical data analysis, and alerting. It can be installed on-site or accessed through cloud services.
Why is humidity monitoring important?
Humidity monitoring is essential to ensure that the humidity levels remain within an optimal range to protect sensitive electronic components from damage. This can mean:
- Preventing electrostatic discharge
- Avoiding condensation and corrosion
- Maintaining the longevity and reliability of IT equipment
- Reducing downtime due to equipment failure
- Saving costs for intensive repairs or new hardware
- Ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations
Can PRTG monitor more environmental values than humidity?
Sure. Paessler PRTG is not only an humidity monitoring system, but an all-in-one network monitoring tool that can also monitor many different environmental factors such as ambient temperature, indoor temperature, outdoor temperature, water leaks, fire, air quality, or brightness. Other related aspects include monitoring battery life, power supplies, voltage, and more.
What is a sensor in PRTG?
In PRTG, “sensors” are the basic monitoring elements. One sensor usually monitors one measured value in your network, for example the traffic of a switch port, the CPU load of a server, or the free space on a disk drive.
On average, you need about 5-10 sensors per device or one sensor per switch port.
PRTG: The multi-tool for sysadmins
Adapt PRTG individually and dynamically to your needs and rely on a strong API:- HTTP API: Access monitoring data and manipulate monitoring objects via HTTP requests
- Custom sensors: Create your own PRTG sensors for customized monitoring
- Custom notifications: Create your own notifications and send action triggers to external systems
- REST Custom sensor: Monitor almost everything that provides data in XML or JSON format
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Paessler PRTG is used by companies of all sizes. Sysadmins love PRTG because it makes their job a whole lot easier. Bandwidth, servers, virtual environments, websites, VoIP services – PRTG keeps an eye on your entire network. Everyone has different monitoring needs. That’s why we let you try PRTG for free.Still not convinced?
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