Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread Keith Roberts
On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Todd Denniston wrote: > To: CentOS mailing list > From: Todd Denniston > Subject: Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ? > > Rudi Ahlers wrote, On 09/02/2010 04:49 PM: >> > >> I've had cased where a kernel didn't >> work as expected though, but we don't reboot a server ev

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread kalinix
On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 16:39 -0400, Stephen Harris wrote: > On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 10:29:35PM +0200, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > > On 2010/09/02 07:39 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: > > >Indeed. At my place we reboot production machines every 90 days. Or > > >are meant to; I don't think management have worke

Re: [CentOS] PHP.ini question 5.5CentOS

2010-09-02 Thread Tuptus
W dniu 2010-09-03 00:32, Ed Donahue pisze: > I can't seem to figure out why any changes I make to php.ini and > restart apache (apachectl stop|start; grep of any httpd processes), > the settings do not update. > Use "service httpd restart" or "/etc/init.d/httpd restart". -- Wojciech Gabor Sys

Re: [CentOS] PHP.ini question 5.5CentOS

2010-09-02 Thread Ed Donahue
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 6:32 PM, Ed Donahue wrote: > I can't seem to figure out why any changes I make to php.ini and > restart apache (apachectl stop|start; grep of any httpd processes), > the settings do not update. > > php -r "phpinfo();" | grep Configuration > Configuration File (php.ini) Path

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread Ross Walker
On Sep 2, 2010, at 5:26 PM, Todd Denniston wrote: > Rudi Ahlers wrote, On 09/02/2010 04:49 PM: >> > >> I've had cased where a kernel didn't >> work as expected though, but we don't reboot a server every 2 months to >> see if the kernel might have failed. >> > > surprised I have not seen anyo

[CentOS] PHP.ini question 5.5CentOS

2010-09-02 Thread Ed Donahue
I can't seem to figure out why any changes I make to php.ini and restart apache (apachectl stop|start; grep of any httpd processes), the settings do not update. php -r "phpinfo();" | grep Configuration Configuration File (php.ini) Path => /etc/php.ini Configuration I installed extensions via yum

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread Todd Denniston
Rudi Ahlers wrote, On 09/02/2010 04:49 PM: > > I've had cased where a kernel didn't > work as expected though, but we don't reboot a server every 2 months to > see if the kernel might have failed. > surprised I have not seen anyone mention the other two things which can conspire to cause reboot

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On 2010/09/02 10:39 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 10:29:35PM +0200, Rudi Ahlers wrote: On 2010/09/02 07:39 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: Indeed. At my place we reboot production machines every 90 days. Or are meant to; I don't think management have worked out that rebooting

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread Stephen Harris
On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 10:29:35PM +0200, Rudi Ahlers wrote: > On 2010/09/02 07:39 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: > >Indeed. At my place we reboot production machines every 90 days. Or > >are meant to; I don't think management have worked out that rebooting > >10,000 machines every 90 days means a lot

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread Rudi Ahlers
On 2010/09/02 07:39 PM, Stephen Harris wrote: On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 01:27:22PM -0400, Brian Mathis wrote: Uptime is no longer a badge of honor. Typically there will have been some kernel updates that require a reboot, so a long uptime means they haven't been applied. Also, it is a good ide

Re: [CentOS] CentOS or other Linux Internet Router/Gateway

2010-09-02 Thread Pavel Lisy
Ron Blizzard píše v Ne 22. 08. 2010 v 17:48 -0500: > Hi Everyone, > > I've got kids who are growing older and I want to build a Linux box to > filter Internet access. I've got six computers on the Internet, plus > the laptops -- most run Windows. I'm not sure if it's called a router > or gateway o

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread Robert Heller
At Fri, 3 Sep 2010 01:17:15 +0800 (CST) CentOS mailing list wrote: > > we have CENTOS 5 on DELL servers. some servers have longer than one year did > not reboot. Our consultant suggest we need at least reboot once every year > to clean out memory junk. > > What is your opinion? You only n

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:17 PM, mcclnx mcc wrote: > we have CENTOS 5 on DELL servers.  some servers have longer than one year did > not reboot.  Our consultant suggest we need at least reboot once every year > to clean out memory junk. > > What is your opinion? > As someone else mentioned, upti

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread Stephen Harris
On Thu, Sep 02, 2010 at 01:27:22PM -0400, Brian Mathis wrote: > Uptime is no longer a badge of honor. Typically there will have been > some kernel updates that require a reboot, so a long uptime means they > haven't been applied. Also, it is a good idea to reboot periodically > to catch anything

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread Paul Heinlein
On Thu, 2 Sep 2010, Brian Mathis wrote: > Uptime is no longer a badge of honor. Typically there will have > been some kernel updates that require a reboot, so a long uptime > means they haven't been applied. Also, it is a good idea to reboot > periodically to catch anything that was not set u

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread Rob Kampen
Tim Nelson wrote: - "mcclnx mcc" wrote: we have CENTOS 5 on DELL servers. some servers have longer than one year did not reboot. Our consultant suggest we need at least reboot once every year to clean out memory junk. What is your opinion? If you're running a Wi

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread Brian Mathis
Uptime is no longer a badge of honor. Typically there will have been some kernel updates that require a reboot, so a long uptime means they haven't been applied. Also, it is a good idea to reboot periodically to catch anything that was not set up to start on boot correctly. A server should alway

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread Hal Martin
Unless you have zombie processes or are upgrading the kernel, IMHO there is no reason to reboot. -Hal On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Tim Nelson wrote: > - "mcclnx mcc" wrote: >> we have CENTOS 5 on DELL servers.  some servers have longer than one >> year did not reboot.  Our consultant sug

Re: [CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread Tim Nelson
- "mcclnx mcc" wrote: > we have CENTOS 5 on DELL servers. some servers have longer than one > year did not reboot. Our consultant suggest we need at least reboot > once every year to clean out memory junk. > > What is your opinion? > If you're running a Windows server, yes, a period reboo

[CentOS] how long to reboot server ?

2010-09-02 Thread mcclnx mcc
we have CENTOS 5 on DELL servers. some servers have longer than one year did not reboot. Our consultant suggest we need at least reboot once every year to clean out memory junk. What is your opinion? ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@cent

Re: [CentOS] centos 5.5 oscar: gcc41, gcc44 and gfortran41, gfortran44

2010-09-02 Thread giggzounet
Le 02/09/2010 12:11, Marcelo M. Garcia a écrit : >> >> ok that's the right way. Do you know where I can find documentation >> about it ? > Hi > > There is the main web site: > http://modules.sourceforge.net/ > > Or, maybe the best way, it's to start from the modules provided by > OSCAR, and chan

Re: [CentOS] centos 5.5 oscar: gcc41, gcc44 and gfortran41, gfortran44

2010-09-02 Thread Marcelo M. Garcia
> > ok that's the right way. Do you know where I can find documentation > about it ? Hi There is the main web site: http://modules.sourceforge.net/ Or, maybe the best way, it's to start from the modules provided by OSCAR, and change to your needs. In my case, we use Bright (former ClusterVisio

Re: [CentOS] centos 5.5 oscar: gcc41, gcc44 and gfortran41, gfortran44

2010-09-02 Thread giggzounet
Le 01/09/2010 18:06, Marcelo M. Garcia a écrit : > giggzounet wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I'm totally new with centos...we have a cluster in our labo with centos >> oscar. >> But the gcc is not a link to gcc41 or gcc44. it is just an executable. >> idem for gfortran. So which is the good way on centOS to