Chapter 10. Managing the System
Without careful management, the demands on your BSD system can sometimes exceed the resources you have available. Being able to monitor your system's activities (memory CPU, and device usage) over time can help you make sure that your machine has enough resources to do what you need it to. Likewise, managing other aspects of your system, such as the device drivers it uses and how the boot process works, can help avoid performance problems and system failures.
This chapter is divided into several sections that relate to ways of managing your FreeBSD or other BSD system. The first section can help you monitor the resources (processing power, devices, and memory) on your BSD system. The next section describes how to check and set your system clock. Descriptions of the boot process and subsequent run levels follow. The last sections describe how to work with the kernel and related device drivers, as well as how to view information about your computer's hardware components.
Monitoring Resources
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