[Atlas Industries] Atlas Hard Drive LED

Katos

Suraf wrote: Looking for critiques for this product, even if it may be harsh criticism. Learn from it.

@"Ben Cousins" maybe?

Katos

Will definitely be moving this onto my Laptop, as well as my server once I get that running. I also have a quick question.

Would you be at all able to expand this (or perhaps, in a different software) to be able to accurately show the power usage of a machine? I am curious as to monitor the power usage of my server, including the wattage draw, I can then couple this with a spreadsheet so as to work out how much my server would be costing me on a per-day, per-week, per-month, per-year basis.

Katos

Suraf wrote:
katos wrote: Will definitely be moving this onto my Laptop, as well as my server once I get that running. I also have a quick question. Would you be at all able to expand this (or perhaps, in a different software) to be able to accurately show the power usage of a machine? I am curious as to monitor the power usage of my server, including the wattage draw, I can then couple this with a spreadsheet so as to work out how much my server would be costing me on a per-day, per-week, per-month, per-year basis.
Great!Â Would be useful to see what I can do about accurately displaying the power usage, that is something on my plate with this program. Another thing I'm planning to add to this program is S.M.A.R.T. functionality. Stay tuned for more information!

Sounds perfect, I look forward to seeing details with regards to this!Â Keep up your hard work, you're doing extremely well! :)

Katos

Suraf wrote:
BenÂ Cousins wrote: I'm currently using iStatMenus for this task (as I own Mac computers). It also gives RAM, CPU, and network stats
That one is a really useful application for Mac. I'd recommend it. Though soon I do plan to add more features for this application such as RAM, CPU, network, and temperature stats, S.M.A.R.T. information (windows only) and Mac support. The main focus for this app was to simply give availability to see whether if your hard drive is busy reading or writing instead of looking at your computer (depending on where it could be especially) and looking at the LED. It's easier to look down at your system tray especially if your computer LED is simply not working or you keep your computer below or behind. This feature could also be useful from what Softpedia's review have said about the non-responsiveness: [Login to see the link]

Agreed, adding too much would take the program out of the confines of its initial scope.

Katos

BenÂ Cousins wrote:
katos wrote: Agreed, adding too much would take the program out of the confines of its initial scope.
Oh, I get that; but my point is that I already have a tool to do this (and countless other bits and pieces)

As do a few users, but this has a very small footprint and works great for its intended purposes. Can't deny that. I use this myself, mostly for the fact that it is such a small footprint and workds great for my requirements. (Windows). I only wanted it extending to the extent that I mentioned above because of the fact that I would be slapping it on my homeserver.

Katos

Suraf wrote: Version 2.3.0 coming soon, will introduce a settings window (which will be apart from the about window) and now selecting a drive will be more magical instead of you doing the magic.

Looking forward to it! :)

Katos

@"Suraf" and myself have been working together to iron out a few bugs in this software. It's a great bit of kit that I use myself! Highly recommended.

Suraf

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Suraf

katos wrote: Will definitely be moving this onto my Laptop, as well as my server once I get that running. I also have a quick question. Would you be at all able to expand this (or perhaps, in a different software) to be able to accurately show the power usage of a machine? I am curious as to monitor the power usage of my server, including the wattage draw, I can then couple this with a spreadsheet so as to work out how much my server would be costing me on a per-day, per-week, per-month, per-year basis.

Great!Â

Would be useful to see what I can do about accurately displaying the power usage, that is something on my plate with this program. Another thing I'm planning to add to this program is S.M.A.R.T. functionality. Stay tuned for more information!

Suraf

Ben Cousins wrote: I'm currently using iStatMenus for this task (as I own Mac computers). It also gives RAM, CPU, and network stats

That one is a really useful application for Mac. I'd recommend it.

Though soon I do plan to add more features for this application such as RAM, CPU, network, and temperature stats, S.M.A.R.T. information (windows only) and Mac support. The main focus for this app was to simply give availability to see whether if your hard drive is busy reading or writing instead of looking at your computer (depending on where it could be especially) and looking at the LED. It's easier to look down at your system tray especially if your computer LED is simply not working or you keep your computer below or behind. This feature could also be useful from what Softpedia's review have said about the non-responsiveness: [Login to see the link]

Suraf

Version 2.3.0 coming soon, will introduce a settings window (which will be apart from the about window) and now selecting a drive will be more magical instead of you doing the magic.

Suraf

Version 2.3.0 will be released tomorrow. Partners of Atlas Industries may receiveÂ an earlyÂ access copy of it now, PM me if you'd like to test it out!

https://www.atlasindustries.info/wiki/Atlas_Hard_Drive_LED/Patch_2.3.0

Suraf

Version 2.3.0 is now available for download!

Suraf

katos wrote: @"Suraf" and myself have been working together to iron out a few bugs in this software. It's a great bit of kit that I use myself! Highly recommended.

I do appreciate the help!

Suraf

Looking for critiques for this product, even if it may be harsh criticism. Learn from it.

Suraf

katos wrote:
Suraf wrote: Looking for critiques for this product, even if it may be harsh criticism. Learn from it.
@"Ben Cousins" maybe?

Anyone honestly.

Suraf

Version 2.3.1 coming out August 20th. For more information on what's been changed, [Login to see the link].

Suraf

@"katos" what do you think about adding a SmartHDD feature to this program, this feature pretty much gives an OK or not on the S.M.A.R.T. for Hard Disk Drives.

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Ben Cousins

I'm currently using iStatMenus for this task (as I own Mac computers). It also gives RAM, CPU, and network stats

Ben Cousins

katos wrote: Agreed, adding too much would take the program out of the confines of its initial scope.

Oh, I get that; but my point is that I already have a tool to do this (and countless other bits and pieces)