Hi. I'm one of the people who has found systemd hugely valuable in server environments.
Things I've found valuable include: * Avoiding imperative languages for configuration * Better configuration of security isolation * Better restart semantics and monitoring of services/ways to configure restart. I was one of the people who did use inittab to try and restart services, found it wanting, and generally found that I had inadequate tools for handling service restart. In some cases, I used third party tools; in some cases, I accepted the decrease in reliability * Better separation of configuration especially for cloud and container images. Fragments are helpful, as are things like conditios * Tools like path-based units which can be incredibly helpful in scripting security isolation and putting together simple queues * Better log filtering and querying through the journal I'll admit that I do use complex dependencies more on desktop or appliance machines than I do on servers. However, I find systemd makes me much happier as a sysadmin than any tool I've used before. --Sam
