Pup
Dev tools
metrics dashboard
SHOW HN2012
107points
50comments
#199of 1,677 in 2012
Top 12%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
13 positive, 25 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 6 critical, out of 46 comments about the project. Thread score +0.18.
Idea: 2 for, 3 againstDesign: 2 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 1 againstPerformance: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
One-line install and quick setup
From 2 comments
I love the one line install. The solution certainly won't be perfect for everyone but having such a pain-free way to test it out is awesome.
michaelmior on HNI was able to get in running against an existing statsd installation trivially, and explore it to my heart's content on my existing metrics. And I can look at the source - what…
katabatic on HN
Attractive UI and logo
From 3 comments
Nice! And that's an awesome logo.
scottostler on HNLove the Pup branding! Awesome logo.
FreshCode on HNNice project, I love the UI. I solved the same problem in another way with: * collectd * collectd to graphite plugin (for server-level metrics, from all your servers) * graphite…
jondot on HN
Works as a drop-in replacement for existing statsd
From 2 comments
Very cool! Is it possible to use an existing StatsD installation if we already have one running? Or is it pretty much an "all or nothing" package?
silverlight on HNPup will work with any existing statsd client - it just replaces the node.js statsd server. In other words, you can keep all your code and apps untouched (FYI I'm not the author,…
olidb2 on HN
Objections
Lacks arbitrary dimensions and aggregation
From 3 comments
If your needs are trivial, then it's probably adequate. Not everyone's needs are, though. I'm trying to evaluate it in the context of needing an enterprise-grade dashboard…
otterley on HNI looked at Datadog, but they still suffer from the same malady everyone else does: inspired by Cacti and Graphite, they use a flat namespace for metric names (e.g.…
otterley on HNBut tags aren't dimensions. Tags are merely a list of dimensionless values and completely lack context that are essential for dashboard construction and value aggregation.…
otterley on HN
No way to delete hosts from list
From 1 comment
One thing I find disappointing is that you can't delete severs once they've been added. Especially since they count towards your limit. Unless I'm missing something?
michaelmior on HN
Limited features compared to Graphite
From 1 comment
Pup will graph all the metrics Datadog does - it already collects OS metrics, and comes with a set of plug-ins for connecting to common apps, and it wouldn't be very difficult to…
olidb2 on HN
Thin documentation
From 1 comment
This looks potentially interesting, but I can't really evaluate it without thorough and accurate documentation. It would be nice if there were more than just instructions for…
otterley on HN
Requests
Better documentation
From 1 comment
This looks potentially interesting, but I can't really evaluate it without thorough and accurate documentation. It would be nice if there were more than just instructions for…
otterley on HN
Tag aggregation support
From 1 comment
otterley - Don't walk away yet... we do support arbitrary dimensions! You can attach any arbitrary set of tags to metrics or events - on a per-datapoint basis, and slice / dice /…
olidb2 on HN
Collectd integration
From 1 comment
Does it only integrate with statsd, or could it aggregate metrics from collectd, for example? This could be an alternative to Graphite for graphing metrics because Graphite is a…
hcarvalhoalves on HN
Questions
Can it run in production and on a separate server
From 2 comments
Am i understanding this right: this is a kick in the butt for services like NewRelic? Does this always need to run on the same server as the Application? Or is it possible to run…
axx on HNIs Pup only designed to use it on my dev. machine to run it in my development environment, or can i use it on my production system? :)
axx on HN
What happens to data from hosts that go offline
From 1 comment
That's kind of cool :) But what about the case where I have an important server that's down for a few hours. Do I lose all the data previously collected?
michaelmior on HN
Alternatives named
Graphite with statsd
From 2 comments
This seems to be basically a collector that sends data to Datalog (a NON open-source service that costs $15/host/month). I recommend setting up Grahite+statsd (it's truly amazing…
amix on HNNice project, I love the UI. I solved the same problem in another way with: * collectd * collectd to graphite plugin (for server-level metrics, from all your servers) * graphite…
jondot on HN
New Relic
From 1 comment
Am i understanding this right: this is a kick in the butt for services like NewRelic? Does this always need to run on the same server as the Application? Or is it possible to run…
axx on HN
Cube (Square)
From 1 comment
Square has a good solution built on node & mongo called cube (http://square.github.com/cube/). To build custom UIs they wrote javascript libraries Crossfilter…
dbyrd on HN