[CentOS] reboot long uptimes?

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Johnny Hughes a écrit :
> On Tue, 2007-02-13 at 12:06 +0100, D Ivago wrote:
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was just wondering if I should reboot some servers that are running
>> over 180 days?
>>
>> They are still stable and have no problems, also top shows no zombie
>> processes or  such, but maybe it's better for the hardware (like ext3
>> disk checks f.e.) to reboot  every six months...
>>     
>
> I only reboot on kernel upgrades, that is usually more often than 6
> months.  But if you don't need to reboot for that reason, I would not
> reboot at all.
>   

kernel and glibc.


>   
>> btw  this uptime really confirms me how stable Centos 4.x really is
>> and so  I wonder how long some people's uptimes on the list are ;) 
>>
>> rmc
>>     
>
> You should consider upgrading your kernels when security updates come
> out ... just to be safe.  Especially for machines touching the internet.
>
> I usually upgrade my kernels because I like to use LVM snapshots for
> backups and that has only really started working semi-well since 4.3 and
> even better in 4.4 ... so most of my machines get rebooted every new
> kernel, which is at least 2-3 times a year (sometimes more often).
>
> That being said, I do have a non internet facing machine that has not
> been rebooted since it was installed with CentOS-4.0 on it one March 1,
> 2005.  It is an internal router on my employer's infrastructure, and has
> been up for almost 2 years (and was installed on the day before CentOS-4
> was officially released).
>
> Thanks,
> Johnny Hughes
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