Tracking processor and memory utilization of the Xsan and Final Cut Server software are fairly straight forward tasks. However, what if you want to do so from a nice clean Dashboard widget, quickly and graphically, without needing to use the command line? We have a number of customers that have asked for exactly that. After writing some java, it just didn't make sense to keep it all to myself, so it's posted for free at http://krypted.com/?page_id=2892

A couple of things to keep in mind:

1. Xsan typically uses almost no processing power, so don't be surprised if it barely shows up unless you're in a high volume/transaction/whatever environment or unless you are having some kind of trouble with your Xsan volume
2. The Final Cut Server monitor doesn't include the processes for Compressor. Expect a different monitor for Compressor at some point in the near future, but I chose not to combine them for a variety of reasons
3. I wouldn't really call this beta software, I'd lean towards calling it alpha. There are bound to be a few issues here and there, but in testing on a number of systems I've yet to see it cause any problems or show incorrect results
4. The meter is jumpy sometimes, but then so are processes...
5. If there is interest in bolting on other features or working with me to further develop the widgets then I will open source the widget and put it up on my Subversion box - if you are interested in that, drop me an email!