Capacity Forecasting Tool
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Introduction
A web based tool to analyse data extracted from various devices via MRTG and generate a capacity forecast.
Implementation
MRTG clients which POST data to data repository. Web based application displays data and performs periodic forecasting runs for which graphs are generated for display via a web server. The application will have the ability to export forecasts as Excel Spreadsheets to facilitate what-if analysis.
Generating Excel Files
See Generating Excel Spreadsheets Programatically
Parsing MRTG Files
Generating Graphs
Us the Python module matplotlib, Python - matplotlib, to generate images for data encapsulated in a MySQL database. Images will be displayed via a web server.
Also see [[1]] for samples of scripts integrated into a web application.
UNIX Packages Required
| Name | Required by | Download Location |
|---|---|---|
| Apache (2.2) | Application | http://httpd.apache.org/ |
| MySQL | Application | http://www.mysql.org/ |
| Python | Application | http://www.python.org |
| Python MySQL Module | Python | http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python |
| Albatross | Python | http://www.object-craft.com.au/projects/albatross/ |
| matplotlib | Python | http://matplotlib.sourceforge.com |
| numpy | matplotlib | http://sourceforge.net/projects/numpy/ |
| ATLAS | numpy | http://sourceforge.net/projects/math-atlas/ |
| BLAS | numpy | |
| PERL | Application | http://ww.perl.org/ |
| SpreadSheet::WriteExcel | PERL | http://search.cpan.org/~jmcnamara/Spreadsheet-WriteExcel-2.20/lib/Spreadsheet/WriteExcel.pm |
| Parse::RecDescent | SpreadSheet::WriteExcel | http://search.cpan.org/~dconway/Parse-RecDescent-v1.95.1/lib/Parse/RecDescent.pm |
| OLE::StorageLite | SpreadSheet::WriteExcel | http://search.cpan.org/~jmcnamara/OLE-Storage_Lite-0.15/Storage_Lite.pm |
| LWP::UserAgent | PERL | http://search.cpan.org/~gaas/libwww-perl-5.808/lib/LWP.pm |
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