I once read an article in an IT publication (several years ago) in which the author stated that if you are still rebooting your Unix servers routinely, your Unix admins don't know what they're doing. Yes, the language was that harsh. I thought this was ludicrous for 2 reasons: 1) The author assumes no applications have memory leaks. (Uh, yeah!) 2) Users, developers, (even DBAs) make changes. Imagine a change made which doesn't take affect until a shutdown. Now, imagine the next shutdown 4 months later. Now, imagine that change broke something. Finding the cause could be a perilous exercise.
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/04/03 07:23AM >>> Your reasons beat ours, Ray. We just reboot the box every weekend because we do and we always have. It is AIX, too. We don't even reboot our Win 2K machines as often. April Wells Oracle DBA/ Oracle Apps DBA -----Original Message----- Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 7:01 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 06:58:37PM -0800, Connor McDonald wrote: > All this discussion on shutdown does motivate me to > ask why is everyone shutting down so frequently? -- Here are my reasons this past year: oracle security patches sun kernel patches power "issues" static configuration change 8i upgrade, no 9i upgrade, no wait 10i... =============================================================== Ray Stell [EMAIL PROTECTED] (540) 231-4109 KE4TJC 28^D -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Ray Stell INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). The information contained in this communication, including attachments, is strictly confidential and for the intended use of the addressee only; it may also contain proprietary, price sensitive, or legally privileged information. Notice is hereby given that any disclosure, distribution, dissemination, use, or copying of the information by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited and may be illegal. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail, delete this communication, and destroy all copies. Corporate Systems, Inc. has taken reasonable precautions to ensure that any attachment to this e-mail has been swept for viruses. We specifically disclaim all liability and will accept no responsibility for any damage sustained as a result of software viruses and advise you to carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Darrell Landrum INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
