On 19/06/10 18:07, Ricky Elrod wrote: > Hey everyone -- I was wondering about getting htop installed throughout > the infrastructure, as I think this will help with on-the-fly checking of > issues. For example, if load average is high, it is very easy using htop > to sort by CPU, and see exactly what is causing the issue. If RAM usage is > abnormal, it's easy to sort by that. It also has some other features that > could prove useful. > > A prime example of when this could have been useful was when hosted01's > load averages went up to near 60 last night. It would have made finding the > issue quite a bit faster for me. > > I asked on IRC what would have to be done to go about getting it installed, > and was informed that the first step is to write to the mailing list and > check > for any objections, which is the purpose of this email. So, I'll > formally ask: > Are there any objections to getting htop installed globall throughout the > infrastructure? > > It's in EPEL and is 67k, disk-space-wise according to yum. > > Thoughts? > > > > _______________________________________________ > infrastructure mailing list > infrastructure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure I strongly suggest you wait until you get at least 3-4 +1s from the sysadmin-main folks. Keeping in mind, that any additional application is an additional potential attack vector. Regards, Tristan -- Tristan Santore BSc MBCS TS4523-RIPE Network and Infrastructure Operations InterNexusConnect Mobile +44-78-55069812 Tristan.Santore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Former Thawte Notary (Please note: Thawte has closed its WoT programme down, and I am therefor no longer able to accredit trust) For Fedora related issues, please email me at: TSantore@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ infrastructure mailing list infrastructure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure
