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title: The S.M.A.R.T.est Way to Monitor Your QNAP NAS? With PRTG, of course!
description: A huge thanks to Jorge de la Cruz for preparing a detailed guide on how to monitor a QNAP NAS using PRTG. This article is a short summary of the article he recently published on his new English-language blog jorgedelacruz.uk.
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# The S.M.A.R.T.est Way to Monitor Your QNAP NAS? With PRTG, of course!

![ ](https://blog.paessler.com/hubfs/authors/kimberley-parsons-trommler.jpg) Published by [Kimberley Parsons Trommler](https://blog.paessler.com/author/kimberley-parsons-trommler)  
 Last updated on January 23, 2024 •  3 minute read

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A huge thanks to Jorge de la Cruz for preparing a detailed guide on [how to monitor a QNAP NAS using PRTG](https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2017/08/01/prtg-how-to-monitor-the-status-disks-free-space-and-much-more-from-a-qnap-nas-using-prtg/). This article is a short summary of the article he recently published on his new English-language blog [jorgedelacruz.uk](https://jorgedelacruz.uk/).

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## Getting Started

As Jorge describes in his article, the first steps are to:

- Enable SNMP on your QNAP [NAS](https://www.paessler.com/nas-monitoring)
- Create a QNAP NAS device in PRTG
- And then start adding sensors!

## Monitoring QNAP with Built-in PRTG Sensors

PRTG includes three pre-built QNAP sensors, based on SNMP, for monitoring:

- [QNAP System Health](https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/snmp_qnap_system_health_sensor) 
- [QNAP Logical Disks](https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/snmp_qnap_logical_disk_sensor) 
- [QNAP Physical Disks](https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/snmp_qnap_physical_disk_sensor)

For example, the QNAP Physical Disk Sensor includes the S.M.A.R.T. status of the disk:

![SNMP-QNAP-Physical-Disk-Screenshot.png](https://blog.paessler.com/hs-fs/hubfs/screenshots/SNMP-QNAP-Physical-Disk-Screenshot.png?width=640&name=SNMP-QNAP-Physical-Disk-Screenshot.png)

 

But Don’t Stop There

However, the QNAP sensors listed above are not the only ones that are useful for a QNAP NAS.  There are lots of other PRTG sensors you could add, such as:

- [SNMP Traffic](https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/snmp_traffic_sensor) (to keep track of network traffic); or
- [SNMP Disk Free](https://www.paessler.com/manuals/prtg/snmp_disk_free_sensor) (to keep track of disk space)

Once you've got all the sensors running, you can create a dashboard map to show the NAS status:

![qnap-prtg-019-sized-as-header.png](https://blog.paessler.com/hs-fs/hubfs/screenshots/qnap-prtg-019-sized-as-header.png?width=640&name=qnap-prtg-019-sized-as-header.png) 

For more details about these sensors, the dashboard map, and more, please check out Jorge's full-length article [here](https://jorgedelacruz.uk/2017/08/01/prtg-how-to-monitor-the-status-disks-free-space-and-much-more-from-a-qnap-nas-using-prtg/).

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