Any utils worth installing a GUI on a server for?
jd1008
jd1008 at gmail.com
Wed Jun 24 23:47:49 UTC 2015
On 06/24/2015 05:38 PM, Quartz wrote:
> Traditionally I have always run fileservers headless, with any
> administration being done through ssh. However, I'm currently working
> with a system that's somewhat overpowered for its job and I'm
> considering throwing a window manager on there just to have access to
> more stuff. Are there any utilities out there that require or really
> benefit from a window manager that are worth installing one for? The
> system's main function is a sort of NAS that can have usb drives
> plugged directly into it, so I'm only really interested in stuff that
> would relate to that: for example disk partitioning/repair programs or
> fancy shells for messing with samba/nfs/zfs, etc.
>
> (Also: forgive me in advance if this is a stupid question. I'm not
> familiar with using freebsd in anything resembling a workstation role,
> so I'm not sure to what extent the GUI software selection differs from
> linux).
> _______
Yes.
If the storage on the server, then a gui tool
to manage the storage (drive replacement,
raid reconfiguration, drive additions .... etc.
It could make such tasks a lot easier.
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