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How can I define custom scanning intervals (e.g., 1 - 5 seconds)?

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I'm trying to monitor an extremely volatile network link that requires 1 - 2 second polling to accurately capture peaks. On this link a scanning interval of even 5 seconds results in too much smoothing of the curve and does not give an accurate picture.

Beyond that, the pre-defined scanning intervals only go as low as 30 seconds. There are other applications where I might want 10 second or 15 second intervals.

The old version of PRTG supported scanning intervals of 1 second and complete freedom in choosing your own scanning interval.

prtg scanning-interval snmp

Created on Jan 29, 2011 12:40:01 AM



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It is possible to define scanning intervals lower than 30 seconds, although we do recommend not to do this. For detailed information, please see: I wondered if I can create a scanning interval less than 30 seconds? If so how can I do that?

Created on Jan 31, 2011 11:07:09 AM by Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]

Last change on Jan 31, 2011 11:07:25 AM by Daniel Zobel [Product Manager]




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