david@xxxxxxx schrieb: > On Tue, 1 May 2007, Carlos Moreno wrote: > >>> large problem from a slog perspective; there is no standard way even >>> within Linux to describe CPUs, for example. Collecting available disk >>> space information is even worse. So I'd like some help on this >>> portion. >>> >> >> Quite likely, naiveness follows... But, aren't things like >> /proc/cpuinfo , >> /proc/meminfo, /proc/partitions / /proc/diskstats standard, at the very >> least across Linux distros? I'm not familiar with BSD or other Unix >> flavours, but I would expect these (or their equivalent) to exist in >> those, >> no? >> >> Am I just being naive? > > unfortunantly yes. > > across different linux distros they are fairly standard (however > different kernel versions will change them) > > however different kernels need drasticly different tools to get the > info from them. > > David Lang > Before inventing a hyper tool, we might consider to provide 3-5 example szenarios for common hardware configurations. This consumes less time and be discussed and defined in a couple of days. This is of course not the correct option for a brandnew 20 spindle Sata 10.000 Raid 10 system but these are probably not the target for default configurations. If we carefully document these szenario they would we a great help for people having some hardware "between" the szenarios. Sebastian Hennebrueder
