Re: [CentOS] Reboots

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On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 01:08:05PM -0400, Shawn M. Jones wrote:

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***Do you perform downtimes just for the purpose of rebooting the systems? ***Is there a recommended interval Linux system should be rebooted?

In my experience, a Linux system must be rebooted in the following circumstances:

1. The kernel (especially one with a security patch) is upgraded
2. glibc is upgraded and the individual instances of old versions in RAM

are impacting performance (mostly from kernel processes that cannot be restarted unless one does a reboot)

Hum ? Kernel processes using glibc ? I'm sorry, but I think you are mistaken on this one.

3. If glibc is updated, you must reboot to have many processes use the

new glibc.

This can be acomplished without the need of a reboot.

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