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Jan
11
“Inco is a dashboard and administration tool for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server 10.4 and 10.5. (And others, soon!) Inco runs on the machine you want to monitor, and you can access it from any web browser.” It looks especially great on the iPhone. Check out the Getting Started Guide (PDF link) to see what stats it can show you and how great they look on the iPhone.
Inco started out as a subscription product, but has since decided that a onetime charge is the way to go. For $36 you can “use Inco on as many machines as you own or operate.”
You can download it at the official Inco site.
Jan
10
Clutch is a WebUI for the Transmission daemon. It allows you to manage your torrents from anywhere you can access the internet.
The interface looks amazingly like Transmission and it’s quite easy to maneuver it.
So, if you want to get your TV show torrents going before you leave work so they’ll be ready when you get home, Clutch is your answer. It’s free and available from their site.
Oct
4
Whether you are running a Mac server from home or have it in a data center, someone is going to be interested in how much bandwidth you are using. If you want to keep an eye on it so you know before you get the bill, Surplus Meter is a good way to do that.
Just start up the application and it will monitor everything that goes thru your ethernet port. If you have a pre-determined limit, it will also help you break down how much you can use per day to stay under that limit.
SurplusMeter is free and can be found at the skoobysoft site.
Oct
4
Just as important as getting a server running is keeping it running.
Lithium is an incredible monitoring platform that will check on your servers, their connectivity, and their throughput. You have “Core” running on one of your machines checking that server and any other servers that you select. Then, you are able to access the information thru the web or with “Console.”
Licensing depends on the amount of machines you have, but there is a 30 day demo. I’ve used this application extensively and I can say that the support from the development team is top-notch. Download it from the Lithium Corp site.