Has anyone heard of memory leaks. Of course linux itself doesn't have
this problem, but many app's do.
Anyone who feels like being rude, do it somewhere else. There are no
stupid questions, only stupid answers, and anyway, the only one who
knows THEIR system is the one asking the question.
Shane
Julius Szelagiewicz wrote:
>
> Brian,
> you want to reboot from time for one reason only: the two of us
> didn't write all the software we run, so some of it isn't perfect. there
> are otherwise nice programs that that forget to return memory to the pool,
> there are those little annoying zombie processes, there are leftovers from
> multiple java invocations that not only won't die but won't let new
> instances start, there are .... millions of other things that go away on
> reboot only. And then, there are power outages. Do you really, relly want
> to find out that adding and deleting software on your server made your box
> crash on return from power outage, or would you rather fix the problems
> when the horde of users is somewhat smaller?
> this is not to say that i don't have boxes staying on forever, but
> only the boxes with well defined and well tested specialized software:
> routers, mail servers, mail scanners, web servers and such.
> of course, it is possible that i reboot production servers from
> time to time because i am an insecure person and i just don't understand
> the absolute perfection of the new software ;-)
> julius
>
> On Tue, 14 May 2002, Brian Fahrlander wrote:
> > Anyway...what I couldn't figure out is why anyone would ever want to
> > reboot a server. Every time you reboot, you risk incurring the wrath of
> > changes you made that you *think* will get restarted with the reboot.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ******* this is why you *have* to reboot! ***********
>
> > The machines up in Chicago would have been up for YEARS if not for long
> > power outtages and adding hardware.
>
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