Workviz

Workviz is a prototype tool for viewing live server metadata in a compact way. The original intention was not to create an admin tool but rather a way for human's to use their natural pattern recognition to identify properties in a server cluster. Written in python, using NumPy and VPython, Workviz displays a 3d representation of user-selected metrics about any number of physical machines. It also supports simulations by creating alternate "Workload Generators" and inserting them on the fly. Currently there are two workload generators built-in:

one which consumes data from a script (Used for real-time server data)
another which uses a Normal Distribution to generate fake data.

Code

The Git repository can be found at https://github.com/cbenning/workviz

Demos

Here are some vidoes of Workviz in action: http://www.youtube.com