In <4d685bbb.2010...@gmail.com>, Aaron Toponce wrote: >More garbage. There are _many_ good reasons to reboot a UNIX or >GNU/Linux server: > >* Proper maintenance ensuring all services start on boot.
Good reason. >* Cleaning out stale memory and swap as a "refresh". Poor reason; almost all of this can be done live. What can't be done live will most likely slow down your system when it is "undone" by the reboot. >* Booting into a new kernel. Good reason. >* Forcing applications to use the new libraries. Poor reason; I've never found an application that needed a reboot to fix this. (Yes, you need to restart the application, but not the OS.) >* Ensuring all hardware is still in good, working order. Good reason. >* Running filesystem checks on filesystems to make sure data is sound. For anything but '/' this can be done without rebooting. For '/', you have to boot into a different environment, which is even more severe than a reboot. >* Even modifying partitions or filesystems to accommodate new storage needs. I've done quite a bit of this live. LVM is good stuff. Sound be in most environments. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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