As an accidental admin, I find it very hard to remember and once recalled, time consuming to evaluate all the various server settings, values, readings, outputs, checks, etc, etc that tell a sysadmin the status and health of their stack. Wouldn't it be great if Pantheon could pull together all the various checks into one screen that reveals this information to the admin? I realize there are other system diagnostic tools out there (eg. Munin). I use it myself however I still feel in the dark about so many things regarding my set up.
Pantheon, in addition to being targeted to the non-technical sysadmin, seems to unique & predefined combination of tools & settings that lend itself to a custom report. I suppose this is a HUGE can of worms, however it still would be a nice to have...
Here's a start at possible readings:
Server
Memory
Processors
Hard drive (used/available)
Apache Layer
Varnish enabled (yes/no)
Memcache enabled (yes/no)
APC enabled (yes/no)
PHP
PHP memory settings
APC memory settings
MySQL
MySQL settings
MySQL Query Cache settings

Comments
re: Feature request: pantheon health/status panel
We agree that these would be a helpful thing to have, and it's on our list of things to add to Pantheon. I don't expect to see in this in the next version however.
Greg
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Greg Coit
Systems Administrator
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