> > > > > I was thinking it would be pretty handy to generate a series of > > > > > transposed (or not) graphs for data like cpu usage, mysql usage, > > > > > memory usage, external monitoring response times, http traffic, > > > > > etc. My external monitoring service has an API I can hook into > > > > > and http traffic is logged to mysql so I'm thinking I have good > > > > > access to the data, but I need a way to tie it all together > > > > > into a useful presentation. Is there a good package for this? > > > > > > > > I think net-analyzer/rrdtool will probably come close to this. > > > > It's used by many other solutions, so you'll find a lot of > > > > examples on the Web. > > > > > > +1 to rrdtool. At my company, we set up rrdtool to graph 100's of > > > graphs per day on all sorts of data from different sources. It's > > > very customisable, if you want to spend the time on it. I also > > > found the creator and forum very supportive. > > > > Is it difficult to plug in data from sources different sources? > > That depends on the difficulty to aquire this data. rrdtool is > basically a database which allows round-robin storage (old data times > out) combined with some statistical abilities -- and also has a > graphing component. It's your job to e.g. set up cron jobs or daemons > which feed the data into it. You would create databases for each > monitored entity (or group of entities for the same concept) and then > write data into it. Then, on the other side, you could e.g. call it to > create graphs that are being served via CGI, written to the desktop, > whatever.
That sounds perfect. What sources of data are people here using with rrdtool and how are you getting that data in a form rrdtool can use? - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
