[CentOS] Reboots

Rodrigo Barbosa rodrigob at suespammers.org
Thu Jun 2 18:04:37 UTC 2005


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On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 11:01:44AM -0700, Ken Godee wrote:
> >***Do you perform downtimes just for the purpose of rebooting the systems?
> >***Is there a recommended interval Linux system should be rebooted?
> 
> Personal preference here, besides all the things mentioned
> on other posts.
> 
> The "POST" routine can give you early warnings of pending
> hardware failures that might go un-noticed until complete
> failure otherwise.
> 
> Scheduled maintence reboots if for no other reason
> should be done.

True, but don't trust the POST routine. There is much more reliable
software around for that, like memtest86.

But yes, that is a very important point. Even tho Linux (software)
will just keep going, that is not always true for the hardware.

[]s

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Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org>
"Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur"
"Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns)

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