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Five Things in NetCrunch You May Have Missed
Five features that shipped between NetCrunch 13 and NetCrunch 15 without ever being documented — a shell on any monitored node, software and hotfix inventory with change alerts, operating-system end-of-life tracking, Oracle tablespace monitoring that measures the right ceiling, and your own tools on the node menu. All five now have documentation.
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NetCrunch 16 Release Candidate Is Now Available
NetCrunch 16 is now available as a Release Candidate. This major release introduces a new PostgreSQL-based data foundation, distributed flow monitoring, broader monitoring coverage, and extensive console improvements.
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Bulk Actions in NetCrunch: How to Update Multiple Nodes Faster
Learn how to use bulk actions in NetCrunch to select groups of nodes and update monitoring time, authentication profiles, leading monitoring targets, interface monitoring, Monitoring Packs, templates, and custom status policies without editing nodes one by one.
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The Operational Cost of False Uptime: When Monitoring Data Loses Credibility (Part III of Uptime Monitoring Series)
False uptime signals, false downtime, and monitoring false positives are not harmless inaccuracies. Over time, they erode trust in monitoring, distort operational priorities, and weaken incident response and SLA processes. This article explains how incorrect uptime models create real operational damage - and why fixing availability semantics is a prerequisite for reliable IT operations.
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How to Send NetCrunch Alerts to Incident Systems Using Webhooks
NetCrunch webhook integration connects selected alerts with incident management, ITSM, ChatOps, automation, and middleware systems. Learn how to forward only actionable alerts, include routing and deduplication context, and handle both alert start and alert closure.
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Prevent False DOWN Alerts in Network Monitoring with NetCrunch Custom Node Status Policy
Learn how Custom Node Status Policy helps you cut through the noise by providing flexible status handling for devices with irregular uptime. Stop unnecessary red and yellow alerts - transform your dashboard into a true reflection of network health.
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The Hidden Problem With Ping-Based Uptime Monitoring in Modern Networks (Part II of Uptime Monitoring series)
Many monitoring tools claim to support service-based uptime monitoring, yet still behave like ping-based systems under real conditions. This article explains why implementing correct service-level availability is an architectural challenge, not a configuration choice, and why many platforms fall short despite having service checks
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NetCrunch: Built to Last
Can you tell the difference between long-lived software that keeps evolving - and software that is quietly turning into tomorrow’s legacy system?
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Monitoring Remote NFS Mounts on Windows Server
Many monitoring systems cannot observe NFS storage properly from Windows environments. This guide shows how to monitor NFS shares with NetCrunch using Windows NFS client integration so storage availability and folder activity become visible alongside your infrastructure monitoring.
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How Much Time Do You Lose Between Alert and Root Cause?
The real delay in incident response isn’t detection - it’s missing context. Dynamic folders, geo maps, drill-down network topology, Auto-Screens, controlled sharing — most teams use only a fraction of what’s already built into NetCrunch. Learn how to use those views to cut diagnostic time and make the root cause obvious.
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NetCrunch for PRTG Users: When Switching Makes Sense - And When It Doesn’t
Many PRTG users begin looking for alternatives when sensor sprawl, licensing uncertainty, and tedious configuration start to limit scalability. This article explains when NetCrunch is a strong PRTG alternative and when it is not. It covers key differences in monitoring depth, interface licensing, migration workflows, and capabilities that extend beyond PRTG's feature scope.
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Top 7 questions you’ll get asked to justify your network monitoring project
Learn how experienced network engineers justify replacing or expanding a monitoring system — without burning trust, time, or credibility
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It’s Time to Re-Evaluate Your Monitoring Architecture
Why data sovereignty risks show up here first and what to do before assumptions fail
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Is Ping Enough for Uptime Monitoring? Correct Availability Design in Modern Networks (Part I of Uptime Monitoring series)
In today's security-controlled networks, treating ping responses as availability metrics leads to false downtime, noisy alerts, and SLA data that does not accurately reflect the service's actual impact. This article explains how to design uptime monitoring so availability metrics align with what users actually experience.
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NetCrunch AI Explain: Real AI That Turns Alerts Into Understanding
NetCrunch's AI-powered assistant instantly translates alerts into meaningful insights. It's built into NetCrunch and works out of the box for every alert - predefined or custom - helping IT teams see what happened, why it matters, and how to fix it, all while keeping every piece of user and infrastructure data 100% private.
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Automatic Web Traffic Monitoring from Cloudflare in NetCrunch: PowerShell & API Integration for Enhanced Infrastructure Control
Unlock seamless web traffic analytics by integrating Cloudflare data with NetCrunch. Discover step-by-step how to automate data collection, leverage real-time alerts, and transform your dashboard into an early-warning system for performance and security.
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Why People Don’t Like Updating Software: Honest Lessons, Real Problems, and Our NetCrunch Manifesto
Learn why users hesitate to update software—broken features, trust issues, and more—from the perspective of NetCrunch. Discover our commitment to better updates.
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Monitoring Cisco Meraki
This step-by-step guide shows how to pull wireless client counts and rogue SSIDs from Cisco Meraki Dashboard into NetCrunch using a Script Sensor and Data Parser
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NTLM Is Ending: How to Secure WMI Monitoring with Kerberos Authentication
Microsoft is removing NTLMv1 - learn how NetCrunch already supports Kerberos authentication and how you can enable it today
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Quick Bandwidth Troubleshooting: How-To Guide
Read how NetCrunch gives you rapid, trustworthy bandwidth insight so you can confirm congestion, find top talkers, and validate fixes when you have no time for deep-dive analysis.