What cool visualization should I use for our server's status monitor? [closed]
If you're not concerned about disclosing IP addresses have a look at EtherApe - it doesn't give you a lot info like zabbix but looks really nice: EtherApe screenshot http://etherape.sourceforge.net/images/v0.9.3.png
A Few Options:
Cacti
- You could use Nagios to monitor and then use Cacti for visualizations.
Cacti is a complete network graphing solution designed to harness the power of RRDTool's data storage and graphing functionality. Cacti provides a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods, and user management features out of the box. All of this is wrapped in an intuitive, easy to use interface that makes sense for LAN-sized installations up to complex networks with hundreds of devices.
Cacti is released under the GNU General Public License, meaning that it is completely free with no strings attached, however if you find it useful you should donate to support continued development.
Dual Pane Tree View
Preview Mode (Non-Thumbnail)
Graph View - Tree Mode
Icinga
- There is also Icinga which started as a fork of Nagios. It has some flash to it but I still think Nagios has a bigger user base.
It can also integrate with JasperReports Server. JasperReports Server is not free but it looks nice and integrates with Icinga (and others).
I'm a big fan of "MappedUp" myself.. However I like the "Hal 9000" one too. :)
Similar to Nagios visualization, I have used Zabbix to visualize some server stats, I don't think I would call it "beautiful" but it is useful and would look impressive. You can also import other web pages, so adding an rss type feed constantly updating (via jquery or similar) would be pretty easy.
Zabbix Screen http://www.chescobar.org/email_img/screen.jpg
An alternative might be Twitterfall for twitter feeds (based on search term); also there are a number of RSS screensavers that would look nice but I don't know if you are looking for that sort of thing. Once you have the RSS visualization you can use twitter feeds, google news, or any combination of those things.