Josh Welch <josh at joshwelch.com>  wrote:
> This is why I actually like rebooting servers every so often,
> preferably in a controlled fashion when you have some available down 
> time.

Actually, we test reboot servers before patches that require reboots
(i.e. new kernel).  That way, if the server fails to recover from the
test reboot, there are bigger problems to solve (i.e. disk failures).
You don't end up wasting hours applying patches only to have the
server never come back to life. 

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Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net>           http://www.wookimus.net/
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