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Sunday, 05 July, 2009
dim_STAT: Version 8.3 is ready!!! :-)
Dear friends/users!
I'm pleased to announce you the new release of dim_STAT - v.8.3 !
This is a mainly maintenance update release, just to fix all trailing issues before a big move to the v.9.0 :-))
Here is a list of some changes:
Fixes:
- security issue on STAT-service!! (special thanks to Marc Koderer @LHS to find it!)
- execution of dim_STAT-CLI from the web services
- fixed LANG=C and LC_ALL=C via the main STAT-service script
Improvements:
- Optional Admin password may be given on a database creation and then it'll be required for any admin action!
- Database error messages are now handled separately from LOG messages
- Java WebDRAW Applet updated
- add color LEDs near hostnames to signal running or stopped hosts
- add #Records column to have an idea about a number of database rows per collect
- Admin LOG management is working more friendly now with a long lists of messages :-)
- STAT-service daemon may listen exclusively on a given IP address now [IP:port]
- Whole database backup is added to the Admin menu
- etc..
Database schema:
- iostat disk names are extended to varchar(64)
- all float values are moved to float(25,5) to have an easy human reading :-)
- Add-On name limit is 14 characters now
Report Tool:
- wiki-like syntax is added to simplify writing!
- look & feel updated
- some minor fixes here & there :-)
New Add-Ons:
- HAR v2 (visit http://blogs.sun.com/openomics/entry/cpu_hardware_counter_stats for more details)
- Solaris CPU Set STAT (mpstat -a)
- Linux MPSTAT v2
- MySQL STAT
- InnoDB STAT
- InnoDB I/O STAT (adoption of Neel's DTrace script http://blogs.sun.com/realneel/entry/inniostat_innodb_io_statistics )
- PgSQL STAT (PostgreSQL)
- ZoneLOAD: zoneid => zonename
EasySTAT additional options:
- COMPRESS=gzip (compressing of output files)
- TIMER=yes (auto-timestamping within output files)
Also, since this 8.3 version dim_STAT is moving to GPLv2 license! Most of source code will be published in parallel with binaries - and with time you'll probably find it ported on any platform, even Mac :-)
As well several things are added to simplify a knowledge sharing between dim_STAT users:
-
this blog is added now on my site: http://dimitrik.free.fr/blog
and it contains a special category "dim_STAT" - you may subscribe on
it to stay updated about any news or features coming with dim_STAT
- there is a dim_STAT on Google Groups now: http://groups.google.com/group/dimstat - you may share here all your best practices, additional stuff you have, ideas about new features, etc. etc. etc. (For example, there is a STAT-service daemon rewritten in Perl by Marc KODERER (http://search.cpan.org/~mkoderer/ ), ZFS stats add-on added by Roman IVANOV (http://blogs.sun.com/pomah/entry/monitoring_zfs_statistic ) and many other you may google for, but now may all be referenced from the same place)..
And finally following users requests a "Donate" button is added for those who wants to support the development of this project and see new features coming faster! All credit cards are accepted! :-))
As usually you may download both versions (Solaris & Linux) from http://dimitrik.free.fr
Have fun! :-))