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Monitor IT Resources With BaconMap

I admit that BaconMap initially caught my eye because of the name (who doesn't like bacon?), but I gave it a second look once I saw what it was about. BaconMap is an nifty open source Web-based tracking tool designed to help IT departments better monitor their resources.

The idea for BaconMap was conceived by New Mexico State University's IT manager, Abel Sanchez, when he realized there had to be a better way to keep track of the department's servers, programs, databases, and service contact information than the giant whiteboard they were using at the time. He and his team decided to put together an application that would manage their deluge of cumulative information and calculate the relationships between the department's existing resources along the way.

In addition to tracking resource information, BaconMap also stores documentation, generates reports, and creates printable maps so you can visualize exactly how your resources interrelate. You can even use it to run breakdown scenarios and pre-plan emergencies before they happen. Take BaconMap for a test drive with this online demo and check it out for yourself.

BaconMap, written in PHP with a MySQL backend, sports a GPL license and comes bundled with several other open source tools like Javascript Tree, GreyBox, and PDF Reports.

Oh, and it turns out BaconMap isn't named after the tasty breakfast treat after all.

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by Marcus Friedman on Mar. 26, 2009

BaconMap looks like a very useful tool. Unfortunately, the demo seems to be broken. When you click on an object from the tree view, you always get an error message: "The resource ID that was requested could not be found". The "Big picture" feature doesn't work either, because of missing dependencies.

Is there another online demo that works?

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by Jack G on Mar. 26, 2009

Doesn't work for me either... Must be out makin' bacon... ;)

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by Ed Zenisek on Apr. 03, 2009

Thanks for the write up and the comments. We recently relocated our website to a new server due to a crash, so some of the demo functionality quit working. I was actually unaware of the problem until reading about it on here, but the demo should be working 100% again.

If there are any problems, please feel free to drop us a line on the forums there.

Thanks again!

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