Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2001 21:35:54 -0400 From: Technical Information <tech_info@threespace.com> To: FreeBSD Chat <chat@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: System Tuning/Sysadmins Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20010617213259.0178bb88@mail.threespace.com> In-Reply-To: <15149.19398.975415.242825@guru.mired.org> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010617184404.01776308@mail.threespace.com> <20010617093905.A20349@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net> <20010617063505.A29241@shell.monmouth.com> <20010617073505.B20171@h24-67-61-12.lb.shawcable.net> <20010617103922.A79022@acidpit.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010617184404.01776308@mail.threespace.com>
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Agreed. Unfortunately, the best experience with fixing things comes from having a broken system. Unless you have someone more experienced to guide your studies in that area, you're only guessing that what you learn will be valuable for any kind of troubleshooting. --Chip Morton At 08:31 PM 6/17/2001, Mike wrote: >You missed one critical thing about that statement: it's not about >tuning things, it's about *fixing* things (first word, last >line). Having a GUI to configure and/or tune things means you can do >so without knowing anything about the underlying system. This is fine >until the system breaks - at which point you're in the position of >having to reinstall and reconfigure the thing from scratch. Or wait >for someone who knows what they're doing to come fix it for you. >Being able to fix things quickly and inexpensively is an important >feature for a server - one that you lose more often than you need to >unless you know how to use the more primitive tools for doing so. > > <mike >-- >Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ >Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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