I indicated below my advice ion thise I know something about. Opinions may differ. On Mon, Aug 09, 2004 at 03:35:28PM -0400, Patrick Chiang wrote: > Hi, > > Almost all people will suggest me to turn off those unnecessnary > services after installation, but what kind of services should be > considered as "uncessnary"? > > After doing some study, I list what I think about the services and > hopefully someone can kindly correct my comments :) > > ---- > 1.acpid,apmd > Power Management Service. > If this computer is a desktop = turn off (assume we have a UPS) > if this is a laptop, keep it yes turn it off. > 2.cpuspeed > Adjust CPU speed, those PC with speed-adjustable CPUs should have it. > (Usually installed on a laptop?) turn it off. > 3.dc_client, dc_Server > Should be turned on if PC is one of multiple web servers with SSL > 4.Irqbalance > Should be enabled if you have multiple processors. > 5.mdmonitor,mdmpd > Should be turned on if you have a software disk array. yes can be turned off if no Raid is present. > 6.messagebus > if this pc had installed KDE/GNOME... > 7.microcode_ctl > if your processor is pentium-class and higher(Pentium 60-200 is not > included). AMD,Cyrix,VIA and those 64-bit processors are not included > either) > 8.netplugd > if you don't like your FC2 configure your network automatically after > network is restored, you can have this service disabled. > 9.random > Used to generate random numbers...leave it alone? right. > A.rawdevices > Used for SCSI or some special purpose application, like Datbase Server? I think I would keep this, > Don't know :( > B.readahead, readahead_early > Those two services can help FC2 improve its performance by load some > program in advance. Looks useful > C.services? > Don't know whtat this means... Do you mean service: service allows your to start and stop services in the init.d directory. Like: sendamail stop services is a file in /etc/ that tells which port various services use. > D.sgi_fam > SGI's File alteration monitor > Help some applications to notify user or other programs about the > changes.Maybe disabled if your pc is a text_based server??? > I always wondered why one needs sgi.fam. It is a mystery. > ------- > Thanks for any suggestions... > > Patrick > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx
