-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, Jun 02, 2005 at 01:08:05PM -0400, Shawn M. Jones wrote: > >***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. []s - -- Rodrigo Barbosa <rodrigob at suespammers.org> "Quid quid Latine dictum sit, altum viditur" "Be excellent to each other ..." - Bill & Ted (Wyld Stallyns) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCnz2SpdyWzQ5b5ckRAnqtAJ4svDEQTq7/Z5Le60V97F9fsP1vBgCgqbeR c+oPuxagN6jc8l6o/da12co= =zso6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----