How do I know when a reboot is required?

[Alan Horn]

On Wed, 14 Jan 2004, Steve Gonzales wrote:

>The ONLY time I reboot (regularly) is when there is a kernel upgrade.
>Other than that, I can start/stop/restart services and the server does
>not complain in the least.

Keep in mind that unless you're super good about maintaining your system,
a reboot every few months is often a good thing anyway, it tends to
highlight hardware issues that often only occur in high stress situations
such as booting, and services that have been installed and are running but
aren't set to start on boot (two things off the top of my head)

I would agree that every 2-3 weeks is too often, but once every 4 to 6
months is probably wise. If this isn't possible then you need to have
redundant systems IMHO.

Cheers,

Al