📚 FAQ: End-to-End Monitoring of Enterprise Storage with Dynatrace

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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.

Monitoring capabilities

Does the tool support agentless and agent-based monitoring for SAN environments?

Can it monitor performance metrics such as IOPS, throughput (MBps), and latency at different levels?

Does it provide health status of SAN components like controllers, switches, HBAs, and interconnects?

Can it detect path failures, fabric issues, or degraded RAID groups?

What types of availability metrics are tracked?

Does it track performance degradation over time or provide anomaly detection?

Are historical trends and baseline thresholds supported for proactive analysis?

Architecture & scalability

What is the architecture of the monitoring solution (centralized vs distributed)?

How many SAN devices and ports can the solution monitor without performance degradation?

Can it handle distributed environments across data centers or regions?

How does it scale horizontally/vertically to meet enterprise storage growth?

Integration

What SAN storage vendors and models are natively supported?

Can it interface with virtualization layers (VMware vCenter, Hyper-V)?

Is API access available for custom integrations?

Are firmware/software compatibility checks available?

Maintenance

How frequently does it collect and refresh performance data?

How easy is it to onboard new SAN systems or discover changes automatically?

How are custom dashboards or alert policies created and maintained?

UX

How intuitive is the user interface for storage teams?