<%NUMBERING1%>.<%NUMBERING2%>.<%NUMBERING3%> PRTG Manual: List of Sensors by Performance Impact

Here you can find a list of sensors sorted by their performance impact.

You can also see a sensor's performance impact in the Add Sensor dialog or on a sensor's Overview tab.

A sensor can have one of the following types of performance impact:

Very Low Performance Impact

Sensor	What It Monitors
Cluster Health sensor	Health of the cluster
Common SaaS sensor	Availability of several SaaS providers
Core Health sensor	Status of the PRTG core server
Core Health (Autonomous) sensor	Status of the PRTG core server
Dell EMC Unity Enclosure Health v2 sensor	Health of an enclosure on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API
Dell EMC Unity File System v2 sensor	File system on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API
Dell EMC Unity Storage Capacity v2 sensor	Storage capacity of a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API
Dell EMC Unity Storage LUN v2 sensor	LUN on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API
Dell EMC Unity Storage Pool v2 sensor	Storage pool on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API
Dell EMC Unity VMware Datastore v2 sensor	VMware datastore on a Dell EMC storage system via the REST API
HPE 3PAR Common Provisioning Group sensor	Capacity of a CPG on an HPE 3PAR storage system
HPE 3PAR Drive Enclosure sensor	A drive enclosure of an HPE 3PAR storage system
HPE 3PAR Virtual Volume sensor	Capacity of a virtual volume on an HPE 3PAR storage system
Microsoft Azure SQL Database sensor	Metrics of an Azure SQL Database (single database or elastic pool) in a Microsoft Azure subscription
Microsoft Azure Storage Account sensor	Storage account in a Microsoft Azure subscription
Microsoft Azure Subscription Cost sensor	Cost in a Microsoft Azure subscription
Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine sensor	Monitors the status of a virtual machine in a Microsoft Azure subscription.
Modbus RTU Custom sensor	Up to five values returned by a Modbus RTU server
Modbus TCP Custom sensor	Up to five values returned by a Modbus TCP server
NetApp Aggregate sensor	Status of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage aggregate accessing the API via SOAP
NetApp I/O sensor	Input and output operations of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP
NetApp LIF sensor	Logical interfaces of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP cluster accessing the API via SOAP
NetApp LUN sensor	LUN of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP
NetApp NIC sensor	NIC of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP cluster accessing the API via SOAP
NetApp Physical Disk sensor	Disks of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP
NetApp SnapMirror sensor	SnapMirror relationships of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP
NetApp System Health sensor	Health of a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP
NetApp Volume sensor	Volumes on a NetApp cDOT or ONTAP storage system accessing the API via SOAP
OPC UA Certificate sensor	Certificate of an OPC UA server
OPC UA Server Status sensor	Server status, uptime, and diagnostic information of an OPC UA server
Ping sensor	Ping time and packet loss
Port sensor	Time until a request to a port is accepted
Port Range sensor	Network service by connecting to various TCP/IP ports
Probe Health sensor	Status of the probe
Redfish Power Supply sensor	The power supply of a Redfish-capable server
Redfish System Health sensor	System health of a Redfish-capable server
SNMP APC Hardware sensor	Performance counters on an APC UPS device via SNMP
SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Connections sensor	VPN connections on a Cisco ASA via SNMP
SNMP Cisco CBQoS sensor	Network parameters using Cisco's CBQoS via SNMP
SNMP Cisco UCS Blade sensor	Health status of a Cisco UCS blade server via SNMP
SNMP Cisco UCS Chassis sensor	Health status of the chassis of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP
SNMP Custom sensor	Single parameter that is returned by a specific OID via SNMP
SNMP Custom String sensor	String returned by a specific OID via SNMP
SNMP Custom String Lookup sensor	String returned by a specific OID via SNMP directly mapped to a sensor status
SNMP Dell Hardware sensor	Performance counters on a Dell hardware device via SNMP
SNMP Dell PowerEdge System Health sensor	System health of a Dell PowerEdge server via SNMP
SNMP Hardware Status sensor	Status of a hardware component of a server via SNMP
SNMP HP LaserJet Hardware sensor	Performance counters on an HP LaserJet hardware device via SNMP
SNMP HPE ProLiant Logical Disk sensor	Logical disk in an HPE server via SNMP
SNMP HPE ProLiant Memory Controller sensor	Memory controller in an HPE server via SNMP
SNMP IBM System X Logical Disk sensor	Logical disk in an IBM server via SNMP
SNMP IBM System X Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk in an IBM server via SNMP
SNMP IBM System X Physical Memory sensor	Memory modules in an IBM server via SNMP
SNMP interSeptor Pro Environment sensor	Data from a Jacarta interSeptor Pro environmental monitoring system via SNMP
SNMP LenovoEMC Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk in a LenovoEMC NAS via SNMP
SNMP LenovoEMC System Health sensor	System health of a LenovoEMC NAS via SNMP
SNMP Library sensor	Device via SNMP
SNMP Linux Load Average sensor	System load average of a Linux/Unix system via SNMP
SNMP Linux Meminfo sensor	Memory usage of a Linux/Unix system via SNMP
SNMP NetApp I/O sensor	IOPS on a NetApp storage system via SNMP
SNMP NetApp System Health sensor	Status of a NetApp storage system via SNMP
SNMP Poseidon Environment sensor	Performance counters for environmental measurements on Poseidon hardware via SNMP
SNMP Printer sensor	Various types of printers via SNMP
SNMP QNAP Logical Disk sensor	Logical disk in a QNAP NAS via SNMP
SNMP QNAP Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk in a QNAP NAS via SNMP
SNMP Rittal CMC III Hardware Status Sensor	Overall status of a Rittal CMC III processing unit and the hardware status of every attached external sensor via SNMP
SNMP RMON sensor	Traffic on a device using RMON via SNMP
SNMP SonicWall System Health sensor	Health values of a SonicWall NSA via SNMP
SNMP SonicWall VPN Traffic sensor	Traffic of an IPsec VPN on a SonicWall NSA via SNMP
SNMP Synology Logical Disk sensor	Logical disk in a Synology NAS via SNMP
SNMP Synology Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk in a Synology NAS via SNMP
SNMP Synology System Health sensor	System health of a Synology NAS via SNMP
SNMP System Uptime sensor	Uptime of a device via SNMP
SNMP Traffic sensor	Traffic on a device via SNMP
SNMP Windows Service sensor	Windows service via SNMP
SSL Certificate sensor	Certificate of an SSL/TLS connection
SSL Security Check sensor	SSL/TLS connectivity to the port of a device
System Health sensor	Status of the probe system
Veeam Backup Job Status sensor	Status of all backup job runs on the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager in the last 24 hours
Veeam Backup Job Status Advanced sensor	Status of a specific backup job that runs on the Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager
VMware Datastore (SOAP) sensor	Disk usage of a VMware datastore via SOAP
Zoom Service Status sensor	Availability of global Zoom services

Low Performance Impact

Sensor	What It Monitors
AWS Alarm v2 sensor	Status of an AWS alarm by reading its data from Amazon CloudWatch via the AWS API
AWS Cost sensor	Cost of an AWS account by reading its data from the AWS Cost Explorer API
AWS EBS v2 Sensor	Performance of an EBS volume by reading its data from Amazon CloudWatch via the AWS API
AWS EC2 v2 sensor	Performance of an Amazon EC2 instance by reading its data from Amazon CloudWatch via the AWS API
AWS ELB v2 sensor	Performance of an ELB load balancer by reading its data from Amazon CloudWatch via the AWS API
Beckhoff IPC System Health sensor	System health of a Beckhoff IPC via OPC UA
Cisco IP SLA sensor	VoIP network parameters using IP SLAs from Cisco via SNMP
Cloud HTTP sensor	Response time and response code of the target server via HTTP
Cloud HTTP v2 sensor	Response time and response code of the target server via HTTP
Cloud Ping sensor	Response time of the target server via TCP ping
Cloud Ping v2 sensor	Response time of the target server via TCP ping
DHCP sensor	DHCP server
Docker Container Status sensor	Status of a Docker container
Dropbox sensor	Dropbox account via the Dropbox API and OAuth2
EXE/Script sensor	Value returned by the executable file or script (in one channel only) and the execution time
Google Analytics sensor	Several metrics from a Google Analytics account using the Google API and OAuth2
Google Drive sensor	Google Drive account via the Google API and OAuth2
HTTP sensor	Loading time of a web page or element
HTTP Apache ModStatus PerfStats sensor	Performance statistics of an Apache web server using mod_status over HTTP
HTTP Apache ModStatus Totals sensor	Activity of an Apache web server using mod_status over HTTP
HTTP IoT Push Data Advanced sensor	Messages received from IoT-capable devices that are pushed via an HTTPS request to PRTG
HTTP Push Count sensor	Received messages that are pushed via an HTTP request to PRTG
HTTP Push Data sensor	Numeric values from received messages that are pushed via an HTTP request to PRTG
HTTP Push Data Advanced sensor	Data from received messages that are pushed via an HTTP request to PRTG
Microsoft 365 Service Status sensor	Overall status of all services of a Microsoft 365 subscription
Microsoft 365 Service Status Advanced sensor	Detailed status of all services of a Microsoft 365 subscription
Microsoft OneDrive sensor	Microsoft OneDrive Personal account via the OneDrive API and OAuth2
MQTT Round Trip sensor	Availability of an MQTT broker (server)
OPC UA Custom sensor	Up to ten numeric values returned by specific OPC UA node IDs
PerfCounter Custom sensor	Configured set of Windows performance counters
PerfCounter IIS Application Pool sensor	Microsoft IIS application pool using Windows performance counters
POP3 sensor	Email server via POP3
RDP (Remote Desktop) sensor	Remote desktop services (RDP, Terminal Services Client)
SIP Options Ping sensor	Connectivity for a SIP server using SIP options "Ping"
SMTP sensor	Mail server via SMTP
SNMP Buffalo TS System Health sensor	System health of a Buffalo TeraStation NAS via SNMP
SNMP Cisco ADSL sensor	ADSL statistics of a Cisco router
SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Traffic sensor	Traffic of an IPsec VPN connection on a Cisco ASA
SNMP Cisco ASA VPN Users sensor	Account connections to a VPN on a Cisco ASA via SNMP
SNMP Cisco System Health sensor	System health of a Cisco device via SNMP
SNMP CPU Load sensor	System load via SNMP
SNMP Custom Advanced sensor	Numeric values returned for OIDs via SNMP
SNMP Custom Table sensor	Entries from a table that is provided via SNMP
SNMP Dell EqualLogic Logical Disk sensor	Volume of a Dell EqualLogic storage system via SNMP
SNMP Dell EqualLogic Member Health sensor	Health of an array member of an EqualLogic storage system via SNMP
SNMP Dell EqualLogic Physical Disk sensor	Disk in a Dell EqualLogic storage system via SNMP
SNMP Dell PowerEdge Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk in a Dell PowerEdge server via SNMP
SNMP Disk Free sensor	Free disk space on a logical disk via SNMP
SNMP Fujitsu System Health v2 sensor	Status of a Fujitsu PRIMERGY server via the iRMC and SNMP
SNMP HPE BladeSystem Blade sensor	Status of an HPE BladeSystem via SNMP
SNMP HPE BladeSystem Enclosure System Health sensor	System health of an HPE BladeSystem device via SNMP
SNMP HPE ProLiant Network Interface sensor	Network interface in an HPE server via SNMP
SNMP HPE ProLiant Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk in an HPE server via SNMP
SNMP HPE ProLiant System Health sensor	System health of an HPE ProLiant server via SNMP
SNMP IBM System X System Health sensor	System health of an IBM device via SNMP
SNMP Juniper NS System Health sensor	System health of a Juniper NetScreen device via SNMP
SNMP Linux Disk Free sensor	Free space on disks of a Linux/Unix system via SNMP
SNMP Linux Physical Disk sensor	I/O on disks of a Linux/Unix system via SNMP
SNMP Memory sensor	Memory usage of a system via SNMP
SNMP NetApp Disk Free sensor	Free space on disks of a NetApp storage system via SNMP
SNMP NetApp Enclosure sensor	Power supply and cooling of an enclosure that is part of a NetApp storage system via SNMP
SNMP NetApp License sensor	Licenses for the services of a NetApp storage system via SNMP
SNMP NetApp Logical Unit sensor	IOPS on a logical unit of a NetApp storage system via SNMP
SNMP NetApp Network Interface sensor	Network card of a NetApp storage system via SNMP
SNMP Nutanix Cluster Health sensor	Status and performance of a Nutanix cluster via SNMP
SNMP Nutanix Hypervisor sensor	Nutanix hypervisor via SNMP
SNMP QNAP System Health sensor	System health of a QNAP NAS via SNMP
SNTP sensor	SNTP server
WMI UTC Time sensor	UTC time of a target device via WMI

Medium Performance Impact

Sensor	What It Monitors
Amazon CloudWatch Alarm sensor	Status of an Amazon CloudWatch alarm
Amazon CloudWatch EBS sensor	Performance of the Amazon Cloud service EBS
Amazon CloudWatch EC2 sensor	Performance of the Amazon Cloud service EC2
Amazon CloudWatch ElastiCache sensor	Performance of the Amazon Cloud service ElastiCache
Amazon CloudWatch ELB sensor	Performance of the Amazon Cloud service ELB
Amazon CloudWatch RDS sensor	Performance of the Amazon Cloud service RDS
Amazon CloudWatch SNS sensor	Performance of the Amazon Cloud service SNS
Amazon CloudWatch SQS sensor	Performance of the Amazon Cloud service SQS
Business Process sensor	Summarized status of entire business processes while monitoring several process components
DNS v2 sensor	DNS server, resolves domain name records, and compares them to a filter
EXE/Script Advanced sensor	Values returned by the executable file or script in multiple channels
FTP sensor	File servers using FTP and FTPS
HL7 sensor	Availability of HL7 interfaces
HTTP Advanced sensor	Source code of a web page using HTTP
HTTP Content sensor	Numeric value returned by an HTTP request
HTTP Data Advanced sensor	Values returned by the web server in multiple channels
Hyper-V Cluster Shared Volume Disk Free sensor	Microsoft Hyper-V cluster shared volume via PowerShell
IMAP sensor	Email server via IMAP
IPMI System Health sensor	Status of a system via IPMI
LDAP sensor	Directory services via LDAP
MQTT Statistics sensor	Received messages and payload from an MQTT topic
MQTT Subscribe Custom sensor	Up to five numeric values from the received JSON data
Ping Jitter sensor	Statistical jitter value and execution time
Python Script Advanced sensor	Values returned by the Python script in multiple channels
REST Custom sensor	Values returned by a REST API in multiple channels
SFTP Secure File Transfer Protocol sensor	FTP servers of a Linux/Unix system using the SSH File Transfer Protocol (FTP over SSH)
Share Disk Free sensor	Free disk space of a share (Windows/Samba) using SMB
SNMP Cisco UCS Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP
SNMP Cisco UCS System Health sensor	System health of a Cisco UCS device via SNMP
Soffico Orchestra Channel Health sensor	State and overall number of successful or failed channel calls
SSH Disk Free sensor	Free space on disks of a Linux/Unix system via SSH
SSH INodes Free sensor	Free index nodes on disks of Linux/Unix and macOS systems via SSH
SSH Load Average sensor	Load average of a Linux/Unix system via SSH
SSH Meminfo sensor	Memory usage of a Linux/Unix system via SSH
SSH SAN Logical Disk sensor	Logical disk on a SAN via SSH
SSH SAN Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk on a SAN via SSH
SSH SAN System Health sensor	System health of a SAN via SSH
TFTP sensor	TFTP server to check if a certain file is available for download
VMware Host Hardware Status (SOAP) sensor	Hardware status of a VMware host server via SOAP
Windows IIS Application sensor	Microsoft IIS server via WMI
WMI HDD Health sensor	Health of IDE disk drives on the target system via S.M.A.R.T.

High Performance Impact

Sensor	What It Monitors
Active Directory Replication Errors sensor	Windows DC for replication errors
ADO SQL v2 sensor	Database via an ADO connection
Citrix XenServer Host sensor	Xen host server via HTTP
Citrix XenServer Virtual Machine sensor	VM on a Citrix XenServer via HTTP
Dell PowerVault MDi Logical Disk sensor	Virtual disk on a Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, MD3620f, or MD3820i
Dell PowerVault MDi Physical Disk sensor	Physical disk on a Dell PowerVault MD3000i, MD3420, MD3620i, MD3000f, or MD3620f
DICOM Bandwidth sensor	Bandwidth usage of a C-STORE request to a DICOM-capable device
DICOM C-ECHO sensor	Availability of DICOM-capable systems and devices by sending C-ECHO requests to the target system
DICOM Query/Retrieve sensor	C-FIND capability of DICOM-capable systems and devices
Enterprise Virtual Array sensor	HPE Storage EVA via the sssu.exe from HPE P6000 Command View Software
Exchange Backup (PowerShell) sensor	Backups of an Exchange server via Remote PowerShell
Exchange Database (PowerShell) sensor	Database information of an Exchange server via Remote PowerShell
Exchange Database DAG (PowerShell) sensor	DAG status of a database on an Exchange server via Remote PowerShell
Exchange Mail Queue (PowerShell) sensor	Number of items in the outgoing mail queue of an Exchange server via Remote PowerShell
Exchange Mailbox (PowerShell) sensor	Mailboxes of an Exchange server via Remote PowerShell
Exchange Public Folder (PowerShell) sensor	Public folders and subfolders of an Exchange server via Remote PowerShell
File sensor	Changes to file content and file time stamp
File Content sensor	Text files (for example, log files) for certain strings
Folder sensor	Folder via SMB
FTP Server File Count sensor	Number of files available in the directory listing
HTTP Transaction sensor	Interactive website by performing a transaction using a set of HTTP URLs
HTTP XML/REST Value sensor	.xml file from a specified URL
Hyper-V Host Server sensor	Microsoft Hyper-V host server via WMI or Windows performance counters
Hyper-V Virtual Machine sensor	VM running on a Microsoft Hyper-V host server via WMI or Windows performance counters
Hyper-V Virtual Network Adapter sensor	Virtual network adapters running on a Microsoft Hyper-V host server via WMI or Windows performance counters
Hyper-V Virtual Storage Device sensor	Virtual storage device running on a Microsoft Hyper-V host server via WMI or Windows Performance Counters
IP on DNS Blacklist sensor	Listing of an IP address on specific blacklist servers
Microsoft SQL v2 sensor	Database on a Microsoft SQL server
MySQL v2 sensor	Database on a MySQL server
Oracle SQL v2 sensor	Database on an Oracle server
Oracle Tablespace sensor	Tablespace on an Oracle server
PostgreSQL sensor	Database on a PostgreSQL server
QoS (Quality of Service) One Way sensor	Parameters regarding the quality of a network connection between two probes
QoS (Quality of Service) Round Trip sensor	Parameters regarding the quality of a network connection between a probe and a target device at the endpoint of the connection
RADIUS v2 sensor	RADIUS server according to RFC 2865
SMTP&IMAP Round Trip sensor	Time it takes for an email to reach an IMAP mailbox after being sent via SMTP
SMTP&POP3 Round Trip sensor	Time it takes for an email to reach a POP3 mailbox after being sent via SMTP
SSH Remote Ping sensor	Connectivity between a system running Linux/macOS X and another device via ICMP echo requests and SSH
SSH SAN Enclosure sensor	SAN enclosure via SSH
Traceroute Hop Count sensor	Number of hops needed from the probe system that the sensor runs on to the IP Address/DNS Name defined in the sensor's parent device
VMware Host Hardware (WBEM) sensor	Hardware information of an ESXi server via WBEM
Windows CPU Load sensor	CPU load on a computer via WMI or Windows performance counters
Windows IIS 6.0 SMTP Received sensor	Number of received emails for a Microsoft IIS 6.0 SMTP service (Exchange 2003) via WMI or Windows performance counters
Windows IIS 6.0 SMTP Sent sensor	Number of sent emails for a Microsoft IIS 6.0 SMTP service (Exchange 2003) via WMI or Windows performance counters
Windows MSMQ Queue Length sensor	Number of messages in a message queue of the parent device
Windows Network Card sensor	Bandwidth usage and traffic of a network interface via WMI or Windows performance counters
Windows Pagefile sensor	Windows pagefile usage via WMI or Windows performance counters
Windows Physical Disk I/O sensor	I/O parameters of a hard disk on a Windows system via WMI
Windows Print Queue sensor	Print queue of the parent device
Windows Process sensor	Windows process via WMI or Windows performance counters
Windows System Uptime sensor	Uptime of a Windows system via WMI or Windows performance counters
WMI Battery sensor	Available capacity and the state of connected batteries of a Windows-based device via WMI
WMI Custom sensor	Retrieved value of a custom query via WMI
WMI Custom String sensor	Retrieved string value in the sensor message and the response time
WMI Disk Health sensor	Health of a physical disk on a Windows system via WMI
WMI Exchange Server sensor	Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later via WMI
WMI Exchange Transport Queue sensor	Length of transport queues of a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 or later via WMI
WMI File sensor	File via WMI
WMI Free Disk Space (Multi Disk) sensor	Free disk space of one or more drives via WMI
WMI Logical Disk I/O sensor	Disk usage of a logical disk or mount point on a Windows system via WMI
WMI Memory sensor	Available (free) system memory on Windows systems via WMI
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2005 sensor	Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2008 sensor	Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2012 sensor	Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2014 sensor	Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2016 sensor	Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2017 sensor	Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI
WMI Microsoft SQL Server 2019 sensor	Performance of a Microsoft SQL Server via WMI
WMI Remote Ping sensor	Ping time from the remote device to the target device that is being pinged via WMI
WMI Security Center sensor	Security status of a Windows client computer via WMI
WMI Service sensor	Windows service via WMI
WMI Share sensor	Shared resource on a Windows system via WMI
WMI SharePoint Process sensor	Microsoft SharePoint server via WMI
WMI Storage Pool sensor	Storage pool via WMI
WMI Terminal Services (Windows 2008+) sensor	Number of sessions on a Windows Terminal Services (Remote Desktop Services) server via WMI
WMI Terminal Services (Windows XP/Vista/2003) sensor	Number of sessions on a Windows Terminal Services (Remote Desktop Services) server via WMI
WMI Vital System Data v2 sensor	Vital system parameters (CPU, thread, memory, network, pagefile) via WMI
WMI Volume sensor	Free disk space on a drive, logical volume, or mount point via WMI
WSUS Statistics sensor	Various statistics on a WSUS server via WMI

Very High Performance Impact

Sensor	What It Monitors
Event Log (Windows API) sensor	Event Log entries using the Windows API
HTTP Full Web Page sensor	Full download time of a web page including assets such as images
IPFIX sensor	Traffic data from an IPFIX-compatible device
IPFIX (Custom) sensor	Traffic data from an IPFIX-compatible device
jFlow v5 sensor	Traffic data from a jFlow v5 compatible device
jFlow v5 (Custom) sensor	Traffic data from a jFlow v5 compatible device
NetFlow v5 sensor	Traffic data from a NetFlow v5 compatible device
NetFlow v5 (Custom) sensor	Traffic data from a NetFlow v5 compatible device
NetFlow v9 sensor	Traffic data from a NetFlow v9 compatible device
NetFlow v9 (Custom) sensor	Traffic data from a NetFlow v9 compatible device
Packet Sniffer sensor	Headers of data packets that pass a local network card
Packet Sniffer (Custom) sensor	Headers of data packets that pass a local network card
Sensor Factory sensor	Entire business processes that involve several components
sFlow sensor	Traffic data from an sFlow v5 compatible device
sFlow (Custom) sensor	Traffic data from an sFlow v5 compatible device
SNMP Trap Receiver sensor	SNMP traps
SSH Script sensor	Value returned by the executable file or script (in one channel only) and the execution time
SSH Script Advanced sensor	Values returned by the script in multiple channels and the execution time
Syslog Receiver sensor	Syslog messages
VMware Host Performance (SOAP) sensor	VMware host server via SOAP
VMware Virtual Machine (SOAP) sensor	VM on a VMware host server via SOAP
Windows Updates Status (PowerShell) sensor	Status of Windows updates on a computer, either from Microsoft or from the local WSUS server
WMI Event Log sensor	Specific Windows logfile via WMI

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