Build a Network Health Dashboard

How to Build a Network Monitoring Dashboard (Day 22/30) You have 100 devices, all sending data.

It's stored in a database, but you can't see it. You're data-rich

but information-poor. You need to visualize your data on a single screen. You need a dashboard.

A good dashboard tells a story. Don't just put 50 CPU graphs on a page.

Create a "Network Health" dashboard. At the top, put the simple "up/down" status of your core

devices. Green is good, red is bad. Below that, show the top 5 bandwidth

users. In another corner, show the latency to your key applications. Use gauges and traffic

lights, not just line graphs. A great dashboard lets you understand the health of your