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Why You Shouldn't Reboot Unix Servers

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the we-measure-uptime-in-years dept.

GMGruman writes "It's a persistent myth: reboot your Unix box when something goes wrong or to clean it out. Paul Venezia explains why you should almost never reboot a Unix server, unlike say Windows."

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  1. Persistent myth? by 6031769 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This is not a myth I had heard before. In fact, none of the *nix sysadmins I know would dream of rebooting the box to clear a problem except as a last resort. Where has this come from?

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