[Novalug] Shared hardware usage tracking

[Angelo Bertolli]

kkauffman at headfog.com wrote:
> Let me define the problem and hopefully someone knows of a potential OSS
> solution that can fit the need.  I'm pretty sure this isn't as simple as a
> straight forward as most asset management tools because I need to capture
> additional information around multiple deployments, however, I've been
> wrong before and I may be wrong again. :)
>
> Set the scene...
> Multiple pieces of hardware in a shared infrastructure.
> Multiple applications deployed to it.
>
> Question...
> Is there a piece of software that can act as a simple database to enter in
> information such as hostname, memory configuration plus the specifics
> about the different applications deployed to it (memory allocated, file
> system space allocated, etc)?
>
> Thanks for considering my request.
The only thing I know of that sounds like it might do some of the things 
you want it to do is Ganglia.  But I have a feeling it won't give you as 
much comprehensive information as you want.  I think it's really for 
detecting problems (i.e. downed nodes) in a system.

Angelo