Observatory

Description: Observatory is a central monitoring tool for Spectra Logic enterprise-class products. I built the original version in a weekend as a proof of concept; after showing it off, Spectra shipped me to their largest customer to install it on-site. Since then I turned it into a "real" product that is in use at many of Spectra's largest customers.

Distinctions:

• Built quickly with Perl and my GXML open-source template engine. Plans for an Observatory 2.0 included rewriting it using Ruby on Rails, which I currently use for dynamic web sites.

• First customer was elated to have one web page to monitor their 25+ tape libraries. They asked for a couple of features, and I implemented those on-site in about an hour.

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