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Mike Guthrie
mguthrie@nagios.com
Data Visualization: Introduction Why use data visualization? Turns raw data into useful information Can communicate complex ideas and information in an understandable format Wider audience of understanding Can present technical concepts to nontechnical users Can clearly reveal the source of problems As environments get larger, data visualization becomes more important
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Real World Example The cable company conversation My internet connection is garbage between hours X and Y Rep: I can ping you, looks fine to me. I can't see a problem Me: (Begin Nagios Monitoring...) A few days later... Me: Here's a graph of packet loss to this IP for the last few days, does this look fine to you?
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Result: A sudden flurry of activity and two days later, internet improves!
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NagVis
NagVis: a flexible visualization tool that allows status information to be overlayed on a map or diagram NagVis Automap:
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OpServices DaVinci
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OpServices DaVinci Commercial Addon For Network Mapping and Diagrams: Commercial support For Nagios Core or Nagios XI Requires ndoutils, merlin, or mk_livestatus as a backend Easy to install and get up and running Intuitive user interface Flash based Live status updates within maps and diagrams
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OpServices DaVinci
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Nagios BPI (Business Process Intelligence) Advanced grouping tool to display business processes and dependencies For Nagios Core or Nagios XI Intended to display the real state of the network and business processes Can be used to set up smarter alerts. Developed by a really nice guy
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Nagios XI Components
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Graph Explorer
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Graph Explorer
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Graph Explorer
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Graph Explorer
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Graph Explorer
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Hypermap
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Nagios XI Minemap
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Nagios XI BBMap
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