Monthly Reboots Needed of not?

[Jim Shanks]

We've been using various versions of RedHat Linux since version 7.2 through
RHEL 4.  I've found that the only time a scheduled reboot is "needed" is
after a kernel upgrade, and then only if the kernel upgrade fixed some
problem that affects our operation.  If you have a lot of hanging processes
or memory leaks or hardware problems that would require a reboot to fix,
then IMHO, diagnosing the problem is a better solution.  

To satisfy curiosity, I just checked our primary file/print server.  It's
been up without a reboot for over 6 months.

Jim Shanks
IT Coordinator
Lake Region Law Enforcement Center

-----Original Message-----
From: Blackburn, Marvin [mailto:mblackburn at glenraven.com] 
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 3:36 PM
To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
Subject: RE: Monthly Reboots Needed of not?

As a matter of maintenance, we reboot all of our systems every 5 weeks.
While I don't know how many problems that we have avoided, I am firmly
convinced that it saves significant unplanned down time. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of John Horne
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 11:13 AM
> To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list
> Subject: Re: Monthly Reboots Needed of not?
> 
> On Wed, 2006-04-05 at 13:39 +0100, Andrew.Bridgeman at corusgroup.com
> wrote:
> > 
> > We currently run 40 Redhat ES/WS version 3 machines and we have been
> > advised that it would be good practice to reboot the linux 
> machines once a
> > month. While i have my reservations about this, i wanted to 
> know what other
> > people thought about this and also if anybody actually does 
> this already.
> > 
> I think the question for the list is why have you been 
> advised this? Why
> do 'they' think that reboots are required?
> 
> 
> 
> John.
> 
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