InterMapper can optionally use InterMapper Database — a PostgreSQL database that saves all the performance data for subsequent analysis.
Status Windows
Status Windows give quick access to the most important information for a device. Click and hold the mouse on a device’s icon or on a link to open the Status Window; the Status Window disappears when the mouse is released. For persistent viewing, Status Windows will stay open if you “tear them off” by dragging the mouse outside the window boundary.
- Device Status Windows display static information (such as device name, IP address, sysLocation and sysContact) as well as dynamic data including response time, packet loss rate (if applicable), uptime, availability, CPU and memory utilization, temperatures, transactions per second, and other data that has been collected from the device.
- Interface Status Windows display transmit and receive statistics, utilization rates, and the device's name, link type, description, status, and IP and MAC address.
Strip Charts
Strip Charts are graphs of network performance for values that InterMapper has retrieved. These charts save the history of the variable(s) to allow trend analysis.
Any value that InterMapper displays in a Status Window can be charted. Simply click an underlined value to create a new chart; drag other underlined values to add them to a chart. Charts can include:
Network traffic — percent utilization, error counts, packet and byte counts, etc. Router and server data —CPU/memory utilization, temperature, etc. Any data value that is collected by InterMapper. Charts can be easily scaled to present day, week, month, and year intervals.
SQL Database
InterMapper can optionally store all the data it collects in InterMapper Database. InterMapper installs a PostgreSQL database for this purpose, or can send its data to an external PostgreSQL database. The database schema is public: you can write your own SQL queries to get historical data about your network.
For scalability, InterMapper Database can receive data from
multiple InterMapper servers distributed across your network. This gives a single source of performance data across the breadth of your network.
Import and Export via HTTP API
InterMapper allows you to import and export data via an HTTP API. Data formats include XML, HTML, CSV, and tab-delimited files.