free tool for data analysis

jfish · 23 Dec 2014 at 09:53

I have this script I wrote that collects various data (cpu, ram usage) from around 300 servers and writes it to a back end SQL database

Any free tools I can use to analyse the data and create fancy graphs - I know Excel probably has this functionality but not an expert in Excel

gpuerrilla · 23 Dec 2014 at 13:59

If you can write scripts and SQL then using Excel should be a shallow learning curve for you.

Are you planning on presenting this information professionally or is this a side project for yourself?

SoundsGood · 23 Dec 2014 at 15:21

Graphite/Grafana

gregorius · 24 Dec 2014 at 08:05

"R", from http://cran.r-project.org/ and use the ggplot2 package for the graphics...

jfish · 24 Dec 2014 at 10:30

Th0nt said:
If you can write scripts and SQL then using Excel should be a shallow learning curve for you.

Are you planning on presenting this information professionally or is this a side project for yourself?

side project for myself, ideally would like to have a realtime web page with a graph of server usage over a 24 hours period . at moment the web page shows realtime data with the usual resource usage in percentage