Server Maintenance

ballistic509 · 09-20-2006, 01:00 AM

what is the best way to keep my server running smoothly? like cleaning temp files, erasing non needed files, freeing up memory..stuff like that? kinda like in windows you got basic scandisk and defrag.....

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and would anyone think that this is a decent server?

cat /proc/cpuinfo

Code:

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 5
model           : 6
model name      : AMD-K6tm w/ multimedia extensions
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 212.986
cache size      : 64 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr mce cx8 mmx
bogomips        : 424.34

cat /proc/meminfo

Code:

 total:    used:    free:  shared: buffers:  cached:
Mem:  55824384 44175360 11649024        0  2908160 24059904
Swap: 164462592 48431104 116031488
MemTotal:        54516 kB
MemFree:         11376 kB
MemShared:           0 kB
Buffers:          2840 kB
Cached:          13776 kB
SwapCached:       9720 kB
Active:          19408 kB
Inactive:        17576 kB
HighTotal:           0 kB
HighFree:            0 kB
LowTotal:        54516 kB
LowFree:         11376 kB
SwapTotal:      160608 kB
SwapFree:       113312 kB

Zmyrgel · 09-20-2006, 01:16 AM

You can forget the defrag as that's mainly a windows issue.

I'd say you should check the cron man page to get familiar with it. Then you could make a script which would empty the /tmp folder for example every 24h or something.

Dutch Master · 09-20-2006, 04:25 AM

What is the rest of your hardware and what do you want with it? On your CPU and RAM: it suffices for lightweight use, like a homeserver or DNS server. For commercial use it's underpowered.

basileus · 09-21-2006, 01:27 AM

You don't have to do that much. In Linux or any Unix the filesystem does not get cluttered with crap like in Windows. The only place you might have to clean up is /var/log, but usually a program called "logrotate" does it for you. Just make sure that your /var is big enough.

If your server is facing the internet then I strongly recommend that you read the "Securing Linux" manual. Also take a look at "Securing Debian" manual - it's not tied to Debian only. Otherwise it will probably be cracked sooner (a day) or later (years).

If the server is on the LAN only, just keep it running and update the software once in a while.

ballistic509 · 09-21-2006, 01:47 AM

im usin a router with firewalls up the ass lol..they would have to make it through 2 firewalls first lol

farslayer · 09-21-2006, 07:53 AM

Firewalls = Hard crunchy shell, soft and meaty inside

don't neglect security on your systems just because they are behind a firewall.