On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Brian Mathis wrote: > Uptime is no longer a badge of honor. Typically there will have > been some kernel updates that require a reboot, so a long uptime > means they haven't been applied. Also, it is a good idea to reboot > periodically to catch anything that was not set up to start on boot > correctly. A server should always cleanly start up with all > services it needs without the need for human intervention. +1 The longer you go between restarts, the harder it is to identify changes on the running system that might interfere with a clean boot process. So I reboot my servers regularly. That said, I've had workstation uptimes of 800 to 900 days... :-) -- Paul Heinlein <> heinlein at madboa.com <> http://www.madboa.com/