Brian,
you want to reboot from time for one reason only: the two of us
didn't write all the software we run, so some of it isn't perfect. there
are otherwise nice programs that that forget to return memory to the pool,
there are those little annoying zombie processes, there are leftovers from
multiple java invocations that not only won't die but won't let new
instances start, there are .... millions of other things that go away on
reboot only. And then, there are power outages. Do you really, relly want
to find out that adding and deleting software on your server made your box
crash on return from power outage, or would you rather fix the problems
when the horde of users is somewhat smaller?
this is not to say that i don't have boxes staying on forever, but
only the boxes with well defined and well tested specialized software:
routers, mail servers, mail scanners, web servers and such.
of course, it is possible that i reboot production servers from
time to time because i am an insecure person and i just don't understand
the absolute perfection of the new software ;-)
julius
On Tue, 14 May 2002, Brian Fahrlander wrote:
> Anyway...what I couldn't figure out is why anyone would ever want to
> reboot a server. Every time you reboot, you risk incurring the wrath of
> changes you made that you *think* will get restarted with the reboot.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
******* this is why you *have* to reboot! ***********
> The machines up in Chicago would have been up for YEARS if not for long
> power outtages and adding hardware.
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