Yep, which is why I'm asking here. It's not a daemon or long-running service or anything, but I do understand what you're saying. And yes, I'm planning on getting some -main's to +1 it, but I was told the first step was throwing an email out on the list. Thanks On Jun 19, 2010, at 8:38 PM, Tristan Santore wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ infrastructure mailing list infrastructure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/infrastructure
