Linux Server - Want to Know 1

[lightningfullmoon]

Hi All,

I want to know...
what is load average?
what is forks in apache?
what is Minspareserver, Maxchild in apache?
what is are the file system in linux?
what are directory in linux structure and use of they?

Thanks
Rumesh

 

[Annihilannic]

Have you tried doing any research or reading on any of these subjects yet??

Annihilannic.

 

[stevexff]

what is load average?

It's the average load on a resource. Without knowing what that resource is (memory, CPU, disk I/O, network bandwidth) it's kind of hard to be more specific.


All the Apache questions can be answered if you RTFM at

http://www.apache.org

what is are the file system in linux?

The file system on modern Linux distros is ext3 although the /boot partition is often ext2. The swap partition is formatted as swap.

what are directory in linux structure and use of they?

Linux files are organised as a directory tree, starting from the root directory '/'. It's kind of like the Windows structure, except that there are no drive specifiers (C:, D and the slashes go the other way. Oh, and there are symlinks which kind of act like aliases, and special 'files' that appear in the hierarchy, but aren't actually files at all (like /dev/null). As for what goes where in the directory structure, this is mostly standardised but does vary from distro to distro. You'd have to read the docs on their respective websites, or buy a Linux Systems Admin manual.

You sound like someone who's been dumped with supporting something you know very little about. I think you'll need to do a lot of reading...

Steve

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