From: "Dan Barker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Excuse the bandwidth, but someone on this list is going to know. I've
always
> tried to reboot windoze boxes at least monthly. Back in "the day", I'd
> reboot IBM mainframes each Standard/Daylight Savings transition, just
> because I had to be on-site on a Sunday anyhow. No real reason.
>
> What's the thinking for Linux? I'm just running a couple daemons in
support
> of my Wireless Network subscription services (they diddle the firewall
based
> on Credit Card income) and the firewall.
>
> I was thinking that maybe I should reboot every April Fools day?????
>
> tia, Dan
>
> Top begins:
>
> 09:22:36 up 210 days, 4:32, 3 users, load average: 0.16, 0.30, 0.32
> 93 processes: 76 sleeping, 1 running, 16 zombie, 0 stopped
> CPU states: 0.1% user 1.1% system 0.0% nice 0.0% iowait 98.6%
idle
> Mem: 256124k av, 250036k used, 6088k free, 0k shrd, 24000k
> buff
> 131228k active, 70640k inactive
> Swap: 240932k av, 27616k used, 213316k free 131168k
> cached
Reboot? Whazzat?
OK, OK, it's what even my XP machine decides is necessary periodically
for some odd reason. ("explorer.exe" stalls in a spin loop looking for
something. It's time to reboot when that happens. The ASUS mobo I have
has a handle leak in its audio output software, too. And they won't do
anything about it. So... - "It's Windows".)
At least one of the Windows 9x series had a maximum up time of 47 days
and loose change. Calculate that in milliseconds and look for its
proximity to a power of 2. {^_-} I've had W2K machines up for modestly
long times with no problems.
However, you are running Linux. And you SHOULD ask "what does this word
reboot mean? I seem to have forgotten!" Seriously, the only time it needs
a reboot is when you change kernels. These days that is a depressingly
frequent occurance. I fondly remember running a 2.0.36 kernel for over
435 days. At that time I needed to add a second NIC to the system to
support DSL. I nearly cried when I took that machine down. (I'd even
moved it, while still on its UPS, from one side of the room to another
when we rearranged the room for better space utilization.)
{^_^}
