As my first video of the 2023, I wanted to talk about using open source software to help us predict when our computers are about to fail and/or discover when they just aren't performing as well as they should. This video will lead to how to compare data over a period of time: a year, a month or even a week ago, but we need to get our systems built up first. I am installing Performance Co-Pilot and Grafana to give us the information we need to figure out what is going on with our computers and devices. Don't have a spare computer to run this one? Performance Co-Pilot and Grafana both run on Raspberry PI Links: Guide to IT Capacity Management: https://www.smartsheet.com/content/it-capacity-management What is Capacity Planning: https://asana.com/resources/capacity-planning Red Hat Linux Capacity Planning: https://www.redhat.com/sysadmin/linux-capacity-planning An Advanced Guide to Long and Short Range Capacity Planning: https://www.firmofthefuture.com/content/the-short-and-long-of-capacity-planning/ Contents 00:00 - Intro 01:03 - PCP 05:05 - PCP Install 06:04 - PCP Config 06:32 - PCP Check 08:29 - PCP Requirements 09:33 - Grafana Setup 10:56 - Create PCP Data Source 12:03 - Brief Look at PCP on Grafana 16:00 - Final Thoughts Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DJWare Follow me: Twitter @djware55 Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/don.ware.7758 Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/djware27 #Performance #Monitoring #Computers