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NAS monitoring

NAS monitoring that reads the disks, not just the ping

A small collector on a Windows host in the NAS's network reads each device through its own interface, SNMP or SSH, and pushes the result to your dashboard. monytr.ai shows the status of every disk, RAID array, volume and share, raises an alert when a drive fails, and keeps a history you can open as it stood on any day.

NAS DEVICESIllustrative data
DS-OFFICE · SynologyHealthy
QNAP-BACKUP · QNAPDegraded array
TRUENAS-01 · TrueNASHealthy
IX4-SHARED · LenovoHealthy
BLACKARMOR-OLD · SeagateVolume full
What it does

Everything the device knows about its own storage

Disks, arrays, volumes and shares, with the history to prove what changed.

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Per-disk health

Drive model, serial, capacity, temperature and SMART health for every bay on Synology, QNAP and TrueNAS. A drive that reports itself as failed needs attention, listed one row per drive by slot and model.

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RAID and storage pools

Each array's level and disk count, pool and volume status in words, degraded and rebuilding arrays, and a note when an array mixes drive sizes and wastes capacity. QNAP arrays are read from QTS and Synology pools from DSM.

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Volumes, shares and folder sizes

Capacity and free space per volume, the shares you choose to watch, and the largest folders in each, read over SMB or NFS. Older NAS that speak only SMB1 can be read over NFS instead.

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Warnings the device raises itself

Where a device publishes its own warnings, such as a full volume or a failed drive, they are collected and shown in a Reported by the device panel.

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View as of any day

Open a NAS as it stood on a chosen day: disks, volumes, arrays, the snapshot history and the PDF all follow the day you pick.

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One page for every NAS

A NAS Devices table with status cards that filter the list, a vendor bar and sortable columns, a PDF per device, and a NAS ring on the dashboard that opens the list of failed drives.

Every model, honestly

Full detail where the device publishes it

Synology, QNAP and TrueNAS expose per-disk health and RAID. Lenovo LifeLine, Seagate BlackArmor, WD My Cloud and generic SNMP or SMB shares publish less, so monytr.ai reads what each one offers and says plainly what a model cannot report, instead of showing a blank that looks like good news.

  • Lenovo LifeLine: firmware, serial, memory, RAID and every bay read through the device web interface
  • Seagate BlackArmor: serial, firmware, temperature, RAID and per-disk SMART read from its web interface
  • SNMP v2c or SNMPv3 for devices that support it, and SSH with smartctl where a NAS allows it
  • A vendor-neutral status badge, so Healthy, Good and Optimal never show up red
DS-OFFICE · SYNOLOGYIllustrative data
Volume 1Healthy · 62% used
ArrayRAID 5 · 4 disks
Disk 2Warning · 51 °C
Disk 3Failed · bay 3
Shares6 watched
Supported devices

The brands you actually find in offices

Synology
QNAP
TrueNAS
Lenovo LifeLine
Seagate BlackArmor
WD My Cloud
Generic SNMP NAS
Windows and SMB shares
SNMP v2c and v3
SSH and smartctl
SMB and NFS
FAQ

Questions teams
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Anything else? Ask on the demo.

How does monytr.ai collect NAS data?
A collector runs on a Windows host on the same network as the NAS, reads the device through its own interface, SNMP or SSH, and pushes the result to your dashboard over HTTPS. Nothing connects into the network from outside, and each NAS has its own collector.
Which NAS brands are supported?
Synology, QNAP and TrueNAS with full per-disk health and RAID, plus Lenovo LifeLine, Seagate BlackArmor, WD My Cloud and any device that answers standard SNMP or shares files over SMB.
Can it tell me a drive is failing?
Yes. A drive that reports itself as failed raises a finding listed by slot and model, and the NAS ring on the dashboard opens the list. Synology drive health is read from the drive itself, not only from its pool membership.
What if a NAS only speaks SMB1?
Current Windows refuses SMB1, so share and folder sizes on older NAS cannot be read over SMB. If the shares are exported over NFS and the Windows NFS client is installed on the collector, monytr.ai reads the sizes that way instead, without enabling SMB1.
Does a NAS count against my plan?
Each NAS collector counts as one node, the same as an installed agent.
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