NAS performance monitoring

Troubleshoot and optimize your NAS setup with continuous performance monitoring. Discover NAS devices from vendors like Synology, QNAP, NetApp, EMC Isilon, HP, and more, and track a rich set of performance metrics—all from a single SaaS-based dashboard.

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Monitor your NAS system for speed and reliability

Slow file accesses, storage bottlenecks, and unnoticed hardware failures can paralyze small businesses and large enterprises. Site24x7's NAS performance monitoring cuts through these issues with real-time visibility into every critical metric—whether you're managing a compact NAS at the edge or a high-capacity storage array at the core.

Enterprise-grade visibility

  • right arrow round Monitor thousands of NAS systems across distributed sites without managing multiple tools.
  • right arrow round Detect degradation across your IT environments with correlated insights from servers, storage, and networks.
  • right arrow round Set intelligent thresholds to alert users of hardware issues, I/O spikes, or capacity risks before they impact users.

SMB-ready simplicity

  • right arrow round Get started in minutes. Just add your NAS—no agents or manual configuration needed.
  • right arrow round Use preconfigured device templates that work out of the box for popular NAS vendors.
  • right arrow round Receive automated reports to plan upgrades, justify capacity, and avoid over-provisioning.

Key NAS performance metrics to track

Stay on top of every aspect of your NAS environment with real-time performance metrics.

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Total disk count

Number of installed disks

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Active disk count

Number of operational (active or parity) disks

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Battery status

Health of NVRAM battery backup

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Disk read/write bytes

Total bytes read and written since last boot

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iSCSI/FCP operations

Number of protocol-specific storage operations handled

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Read/write bytes via iSCSI and FCP

Traffic volume per protocol

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Available volume (in bytes)

Free space available per file system

Failed disk count

Failed disk count

Number of broken or offline disks

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Cache age

The age of the oldest data in the read-only buffer cache

Why NAS monitoring matters

Even minor NAS issues can disrupt productivity or compromise backup integrity.

Site24x7 helps you:

Spot bottlenecks before they affect users.

Plan storage expansion with real usage trends.

Ensure backups run smoothly and on time.

Keep shared files consistently accessible to distributed teams.

Get started with NAS performance monitoring

Stop guessing and start making informed decisions—backed by real-time metrics, proactive alerts, and historical data..

Start monitoring your NAS today with Site24x7.

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FAQ

1. What is network-attached storage (NAS)?

NAS is a file-based storage device connected to a network, allowing multiple users or applications to access and share files over Ethernet.

NAS uses file-level protocols like SMB and NFS, making it ideal for sharing files. SAN operates at the block level and is better suited for databases and virtualization.

Absolutely. NAS is an affordable and scalable storage option for SMBs, providing centralized backup, file access, and data protection.

You can use separate tools for this, but continuous storage monitoring offers deeper insights into long-term trends and real-world usage.

Key factors include network bandwidth, disk health, RAID configuration, protocol overhead, and concurrent access load.

Both NAS and SAN systems benefit from monitoring—but with different goals:

  • NAS

    Focuses on file-level access and user experience (ideal for file sharing, content libraries, and backups)

  • SAN

    argets block-level I/O and application throughput (used in databases, virtual machines, and high-performance computing)

Site24x7 supports both NAS and SAN monitoring, helping you apply the right metrics to the right storage class.