-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 - -- 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) iD8DBQFCn0o1pdyWzQ5b5ckRAp1VAJ9I0yNbbd0QpdIvMlb91kd9vLMMIwCfa+Zr /x3mWLIBP7a5txY/mW9RdfE= =So0r -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----