Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2005
Volume 3585 of the series Lecture Notes in Computer Science pp 938-941
Large Visualizations for System Monitoring of Complex, Heterogeneous Systems
- Daniel M. RussellAffiliated withIBM Almaden Research Center
- , Andreas DiebergerAffiliated withIBM Almaden Research Center
- , Varun BhagwanAffiliated withIBM Almaden Research Center
- , Daniel GruhlAffiliated withIBM Almaden Research Center
Abstract
As systems grow larger in size and complexity, it becomes increasingly difficult for administrators to maintain some shared sense of awareness of what’s going on in the system. We implemented a large public display with appropriately designed visualizations that allow for rapid assessment and peripheral awareness of system health. By placing the visualizations on a large display in a shared, commonly used team location, system administrators can monitor behavior as they walk past. Such a display helps administrators identify emerging problems early on and be a focal point for discussions of the system. It allows them not only to share information with colleagues on an “as-noticed” basis, but also highlights interconnected problems that would not be otherwise evident. We found that this approach significantly reduces the workload of individual system administrators, changing the nature of their work by radically simplifying a complex task through social sharing of peripherally noticed state.
- Title
- Large Visualizations for System Monitoring of Complex, Heterogeneous Systems
- Book Title
- Human-Computer Interaction - INTERACT 2005
- Book Subtitle
- IFIP TC13 International Conference, Rome, Italy, September 12-16, 2005. Proceedings
- Pages
- pp 938-941
- Copyright
- 2005
- DOI
- 10.1007/11555261_74
- Print ISBN
- 978-3-540-28943-2
- Online ISBN
- 978-3-540-31722-7
- Series Title
- Lecture Notes in Computer Science
- Series Volume
- 3585
- Series ISSN
- 0302-9743
- Publisher
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
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- Editors
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- Maria Francesca Costabile (16)
- Fabio Paternò (17)
- Editor Affiliations
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- 16. Dipartimento di Informatica, Università degli Studi di Bari
- 17. ISTI-CNR
- Authors
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- Daniel M. Russell (18)
- Andreas Dieberger (18)
- Varun Bhagwan (18)
- Daniel Gruhl (18)
- Author Affiliations
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- 18. IBM Almaden Research Center, 650 Harry Road, San Jose, CA, 95120, USA
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