On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 5:30 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30/01/2017 23:46, Grant Edwards wrote: > > I've got a couple Gentoo machines that normally run 24/7. I've > > learned over the years that it's a good idea to reboot them > > occasionally (when I have some spare time and I know they're idle) > > just to make they still can. > > > > I've settled on roughly once a month or so. > > > > What seems to happen if I don't do this is that some update (or > > perhaps just a stupid configuration mistake on my part) will render > > the machine non-bootable, and I won't discover it until several months > > later at the worst possible moment when I'm in the middle of something > > urgent and the power fails, or I type "reboot" into the wrong xterm, > > or whatever. Or maybe those things don't happen to other people... > > > > I'll wager the majority of experienced folks here do much the same as > you, I know I do on my own boxes. > > One thing I've been trying to ram in at work is regular monthly reboots > of all systems. You know how it goes - machine has 1000+ days uptime[1] > w00t! w00t! > > and then the power goes off > and then you find the drives won't spin up because the bearings are > rumbling and the psu just can't deliver the oomph anymore to spin up all > 8 drives at once > and then the shit really hits the fan for real! > > So far I can't get agreement to do it (inertia? fear of loss of street > cred? idiotic product owners? I dunno...) > Maybe I'll sneak a monthly repeating change control in and just do it > > [1] 1000 days uptime these days is stupid. All it proves is that the > admin is not doing kernel updates and the host probably leaks security > holes like a sieve > > > -- > Alan McKinnon > alan.mckin...@gmail.com > > > I ran into the same at work, though it's set in for the others that it *needs* done (thank goodness for heartbleed & shellshock, actually, to finally force it as policy), after we've had not just drives, but drive controllers fail more than once. The one thing that I have grown to love is a raid controller that staggers drive spinup... that does wonders for making things last just a little longer... and if they're not actively failing, just a little less eager to spin up, they've got another year in 'em ;) -- Poison [BLX] Joshua M. Murphy
