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    <title>topic 📚 FAQ: End-to-End Monitoring of Enterprise Storage with Dynatrace in Start with Dynatrace</title>
    <link>https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/FAQ-End-to-End-Monitoring-of-Enterprise-Storage-with-Dynatrace/m-p/279819#M1288</link>
    <description>&lt;P class="lia-align-justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Dynatrace provides a flexible, scalable foundation for SAN monitoring via its extension framework. With the right SNMP/API integration, it delivers deep insights into storage health, performance, and anomalies—empowering storage, infra, and SRE teams alike.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Monitoring capabilities&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Does-the-tool-support-agentless-and-agent-based-monitoring-for/td-p/280569" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Does the tool support agentless and agent-based monitoring for SAN environments?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Can-Dynatrace-monitor-performance-metrics-such-as-IOPS/td-p/281563" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Can it monitor performance metrics such as IOPS, throughput (MBps), and latency at different levels?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Does-Dynatrace-provide-health-status-of-SAN-components-like/td-p/281683" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Does it provide health status of SAN components like controllers, switches, HBAs, and interconnects?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Can-Dynatrace-detect-path-failures-fabric-issues-or-degraded/td-p/281764#M1305" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Can it detect path failures, fabric issues, or degraded RAID groups?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/What-types-of-availability-metrics-are-tracked-in-Dynatrace/td-p/282027#M1312" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;What types of availability metrics are tracked?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Does-Dynatrace-performance-degradation-over-time-or-provide/td-p/282400#M1322" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Does it track performance degradation over time or provide anomaly detection?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Are-historical-trends-and-baseline-thresholds-supported-for/td-p/282475#M1325" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Are historical trends and baseline thresholds supported for proactive analysis?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Architecture &amp;amp; scalability&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/What-is-the-architecture-of-the-monitoring-solution-centralized/m-p/280855" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;What is the architecture of the monitoring solution (centralized vs distributed)?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/How-many-SAN-devices-and-ports-can-the-solution-monitor-without/td-p/282916" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;How many SAN devices and ports can the solution monitor without performance degradation?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Can-Dynatrace-handle-distributed-environments-across-data/td-p/283093#M1335" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Can it handle distributed environments across data centers or regions?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/How-does-it-scale-horizontally-vertically-to-meet-enterprise/td-p/283153" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;How does it scale horizontally/vertically to meet enterprise storage growth?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Integration&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/What-SAN-storage-vendors-and-models-are-natively-supported/td-p/280952#M1297" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;What SAN storage vendors and models are natively supported?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Can-Dynatrace-interface-with-virtualization-layers/td-p/282595#M1327" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Can it interface with virtualization layers (VMware vCenter, Hyper-V)?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Is-API-access-available-for-custom-integrations/td-p/282706#M1329" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Is API access available for custom integrations?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Are-firmware-software-compatibility-checks-available/td-p/284876#M1363" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Are firmware/software compatibility checks available?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Maintenance&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/How-frequently-does-Dynatrace-collect-and-refresh-performance/td-p/282250#M1317" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;How frequently does it collect and refresh performance data?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/How-easy-is-it-to-onboard-new-SAN-systems-or-discover-changes/td-p/283797" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;How easy is it to onboard new SAN systems or discover changes automatically?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/How-are-custom-dashboards-or-alert-policies-created-and/td-p/284930#M1365" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;How are custom dashboards or alert policies created and maintained?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UX&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/How-intuitive-is-the-user-interface-for-storage-teams/td-p/283235" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;How intuitive is the user interface for storage teams?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:31:02 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>theharithsa</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2025-08-28T06:31:02Z</dc:date>
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      <title>📚 FAQ: End-to-End Monitoring of Enterprise Storage with Dynatrace</title>
      <link>https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/FAQ-End-to-End-Monitoring-of-Enterprise-Storage-with-Dynatrace/m-p/279819#M1288</link>
      <description>&lt;P class="lia-align-justify"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Dynatrace provides a flexible, scalable foundation for SAN monitoring via its extension framework. With the right SNMP/API integration, it delivers deep insights into storage health, performance, and anomalies—empowering storage, infra, and SRE teams alike.&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;Monitoring capabilities&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Does-the-tool-support-agentless-and-agent-based-monitoring-for/td-p/280569" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Does the tool support agentless and agent-based monitoring for SAN environments?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Can-Dynatrace-monitor-performance-metrics-such-as-IOPS/td-p/281563" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Can it monitor performance metrics such as IOPS, throughput (MBps), and latency at different levels?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Does-Dynatrace-provide-health-status-of-SAN-components-like/td-p/281683" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Does it provide health status of SAN components like controllers, switches, HBAs, and interconnects?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Can-Dynatrace-detect-path-failures-fabric-issues-or-degraded/td-p/281764#M1305" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Can it detect path failures, fabric issues, or degraded RAID groups?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/What-types-of-availability-metrics-are-tracked-in-Dynatrace/td-p/282027#M1312" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;What types of availability metrics are tracked?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Does-Dynatrace-performance-degradation-over-time-or-provide/td-p/282400#M1322" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Does it track performance degradation over time or provide anomaly detection?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Are-historical-trends-and-baseline-thresholds-supported-for/td-p/282475#M1325" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Are historical trends and baseline thresholds supported for proactive analysis?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Architecture &amp;amp; scalability&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/What-is-the-architecture-of-the-monitoring-solution-centralized/m-p/280855" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;What is the architecture of the monitoring solution (centralized vs distributed)?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/How-many-SAN-devices-and-ports-can-the-solution-monitor-without/td-p/282916" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;How many SAN devices and ports can the solution monitor without performance degradation?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Can-Dynatrace-handle-distributed-environments-across-data/td-p/283093#M1335" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Can it handle distributed environments across data centers or regions?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/How-does-it-scale-horizontally-vertically-to-meet-enterprise/td-p/283153" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;How does it scale horizontally/vertically to meet enterprise storage growth?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;SPAN&gt;Integration&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/What-SAN-storage-vendors-and-models-are-natively-supported/td-p/280952#M1297" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;What SAN storage vendors and models are natively supported?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Can-Dynatrace-interface-with-virtualization-layers/td-p/282595#M1327" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Can it interface with virtualization layers (VMware vCenter, Hyper-V)?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Is-API-access-available-for-custom-integrations/td-p/282706#M1329" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Is API access available for custom integrations?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/Are-firmware-software-compatibility-checks-available/td-p/284876#M1363" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Are firmware/software compatibility checks available?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;Maintenance&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/How-frequently-does-Dynatrace-collect-and-refresh-performance/td-p/282250#M1317" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;How frequently does it collect and refresh performance data?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/How-easy-is-it-to-onboard-new-SAN-systems-or-discover-changes/td-p/283797" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;How easy is it to onboard new SAN systems or discover changes automatically?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/How-are-custom-dashboards-or-alert-policies-created-and/td-p/284930#M1365" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;How are custom dashboards or alert policies created and maintained?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;UX&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;FONT face="lucida sans unicode,lucida sans"&gt;&lt;BR /&gt;&lt;A href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/How-intuitive-is-the-user-interface-for-storage-teams/td-p/283235" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;How intuitive is the user interface for storage teams?&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 06:31:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/Start-with-Dynatrace/FAQ-End-to-End-Monitoring-of-Enterprise-Storage-with-Dynatrace/m-p/279819#M1288</guid>
      <dc:creator>theharithsa</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-08-28T06:31:02Z</dc:date>
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