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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >