Thanks for the input so far.
As you have already been linked to the wallmount plugin, i will just give a summary description .... Its a configurable page with buttons that indicate the availability of platforms, servers, services etc.
What we want is charts.... if a server is unavailable you are already too late! It is meant to be a preventative tool where we can spot negative trends and act BEFORE something becomes unavailable 🙂
To be more thorough in my description of what I have been trying to achieve ... all we need is 8 charts laid out in a 2x4 grid on one auto refreshing page (the refreshing part is easy).
ThreadPool Size for all Appservers
Active Threads for all AppServers
JDBC Pool for all AppServers
Used JDBC Pool for all AppServers
JVM Free Heap for all AppServers
Throughput for all AppServers (need to make a custom plugin for this I think)
Busy Workers for all WebServers
Workers Waiting for all WebServers
To be honest, this area is one that Hyperic really does suck. Its a fantastic tool for collecting the metrics, but I think extracting the information in a format that you want is awful. For a product that is uses slogans such as "Operations Intelligence" it clearly is made by people who have never worked in any large Operations environment.
This problem is the clearest example of that, what large operations unit doesn't have a giant screen with key measurements for all to see? Such a mode's omission from HQ is pretty inexcusable frankly.
I have already made these rants elsewhere so won't go too much further 🙂