server uptime

[Tom Buskey]

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 9:38 PM, Mark E. Mallett <mem at mv.mv.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 08:23:14PM -0400, Ben Scott wrote:
> >
> >   And let's not forget that Linux isn't immune to restart-the-world
> > issues, either.  For example, on a Linux server, if you update glibc
> > to patch a security bug, you pretty much need to restart *everything*.
>
> sometimes it's good to reboot a system just to make sure you can.
> i.e., that you haven't introduced deadlocks or dependencies or
> gremlins or changed some externality that the boot process depends
> on or that some flash memory hasn't rotted or ...



While I'm not denying the wisdom of this, I hate how that has become the
standard answer.

I reboot my Windows box, I reboot my FiOS router, I reboot my Blackberry, I
reboot my TiVos etc.  My linux & solaris boxes only get rebooted when
there's a major system upgrade (driver, kernel, etc).

I suspect I'll have to get used to rebooting my coffee machine, clock,
microwave, car, answering machine, TV as computers control more parts.  When
did rebooting on a regular basis become acceptable?

/me is thankful he doesn't have to reboot his laser printer yet.
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