Benefits of agentless monitoring
What are the benefits of agentless monitoring?
Simplicity; agentless monitoring does not require installing any software on the monitored device. Instead, open standards such as SNMP, WBEM, WMI, and API calls retrieve monitoring data.
Reduced overhead; overhead is significantly lower due to the lack of software installation implementation and maintenance. In addition, the complexity of implementation and deployment is significantly reduced, making it a viable choice for organizations of any size.
Security; by eliminating the need for agents, there are fewer potential security vulnerabilities introduced into the monitored environment.
Flexibility, agentless monitoring can monitor a broader range of systems and devices, including those that may not be easily accessible for agent installations.
As such, agentless monitoring is an attractive option for many businesses and organizations looking to maximize their resources.
While the benefits of agentless monitoring are great, it is also good to look at the negatives. Agentless monitoring requires the monitored end-point to be accessible over the network. In most scenarios, this negative can easily be mitigated by limiting access to the monitored end-point by, for example, configuring an authorized IP address for monitoring on the end-point, minimizing a potential network attack vector.
Agentless monitoring can be a good choice for organizations that want to monitor systems and devices that are difficult to access or where installation of agents is not practical or feasible. It is also well suited for large, complex environments where scalability and ease of management are essential.
On the other hand, agent-based monitoring may provide more detailed and granular data about the performance and behavior of the monitored systems, as the agents are installed directly on the systems and have direct access to system resources. This can be especially useful for organizations that require real-time monitoring and rapid detection of issues.
Ultimately, the choice between agentless and agent-based monitoring will depend on the specific needs of the organization and the trade-offs between ease of management, scalability, security, and the level of detail required in the monitoring data. Both approaches have their strengths and weaknesses, and organizations should carefully evaluate their requirements before deciding.
Our success formula is to get started using agentless monitoring and add agent-based monitoring where needed. Thus benefiting from the best of both worlds.
InfraSonar has a solid track record regarding agentless monitoring at scale but also offers agents when more in-depth monitoring is required.
This way, you get started quickly in a non-intrusive manner and benefit immediately from our best practices and data prediction algorithms.
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