If you’ve ever worked in a loud office, you know the drill:
A co-worker’s on a call, someone’s talking about the next Taylor Swift album in the break room, another’s constantly clearing their throat, and the HVAC sounds like a jet engine. It’s loud. Your brain tries to filter it all out, but it’s no use. Then you put on noise-canceling headphones… and suddenly, you can think again.
That’s the difference Auvik’s improved alerting makes: when there’s less noise to cut through, not only can you think more clearly, but the root cause of the problem you’re trying to solve is much easier to spot as well.
For MSPs and IT teams juggling dozens of networks and hundreds of devices, the real-time dashboard can start to feel like that office: non-stop notifications, most of them barely meaningful. Alert fatigue creeps in. Tickets pile up. And the alerts that actually matter are buried in the noise.
Why most alerting still sounds like static
Traditional network monitoring tends to over-communicate. It’s reactive. It’s noisy.
- A single device failure might trigger 10 separate “offline” alerts for everything connected to it.
- Flapping ports can trip alerts every few minutes.
- A minor spike in CPU gets flagged before it has time to settle.
Multiply that across clients, and your PSA becomes a wall of false urgency. IT teams burn out. Real issues get missed. And you develop a healthy skepticism of your alerts.
How Auvik is turning down the volume to turn up the effectiveness
Auvik’s alerts 2.0 and smart alert suppression were designed to make alerts smarter and actionable. Here’s how:
Smart alert suppression
When a core device (like a firewall or core switch) goes offline, Auvik automatically identifies downstream devices and suppresses their alerts.
- You see the root cause, not 10 symptoms.
Device + interface intelligence
Instead of getting alerts per interface, Auvik alerts once per device.
- You get one alert, not 14 copies of the same issue.
Noise filtering with delay & repeat logic
Set conditions like “only alert if it’s been true for 5 minutes” or “after 3 occurrences.”
- Say goodbye to flapping madness.
Manage alerts across sites
Define alert rules once and apply them across multiple clients.
- Stay consistent without repetitive setup.
The results? Quietly impressive.
- Some Auvik customers reported a 30–40% drop in alert volume after switching to Auvik and the Auvik Alerts 2.0.
- Others saw up to 80% less alert noise without missing critical events.
Try the quiet life
Put noisy, redundant alerts on mute and focus on what matters most.
Try alerts 2.0 and smart alert suppression and see how quickly your dashboard becomes readable again.
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