Chris Browne wrote: > > The server does not need the overhead of having *any* of the "X > desktop" things running; it doesn't even need an X server. > > You don't need X running on the server in order use those "enterprise > management" tools; indeed, in a "lights out" environment, that server > hasn't even got a graphics card, which means that an X server *can't* > be running on it.
Well, sure it can. Nothing says a X server has to write directly to a graphics card or anything. It could write to some frame buffer in memory and allow access to it through VNC, for example. http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg/attarchive/vnc/xvnc.html But of course I agree it makes no sense for a database server to also be running a GUI server; and ideally not even wasting electricity and space in the box for a graphics chip or monitor connector. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
