[Asterisk-Users] Asterisk 1.0.9 long term stability <--thread hijack, why not reboot?

[Matt]

Yes.. because if a reboot is needed it isn't setup correctly.  
Reboots are a windows things.   A correctly setup Linux server should
never need rebooted.

On 9/14/05, Colin Anderson <ColinA at landmarkmasterbuilder.com> wrote:
> Disclaimer: Not a troll
> 
> I'm curious as to this obsession with uptime is. All of the posts of this
> type are along the lines of "After X days, Y thing does not work but if I
> reload or reboot, it's OK" - so why not cron a reboot? Is it considered bad
> form or something like that? I reboot every night whether it is needed or
> not, not afraid to admit it, and everything works fine for me.
> 
> We also do the "Sunday reboot" of all of our Windows servers as well as
> restarting all of the critical services such as IIS , SQL, Exchange etc
> nightly. It helps, a lot (Exchange is a notorious memory leaker)
> 
> Of course, if your install processes calls 24/7 that's a different story.
> However, I expect that the majority of Asterisk installs are for a 9-to-5
> type of operation. We run two shifts here, and we stop processing calls at
> 10 PM, and start again at about 6 AM - a large window of opportunity to
> reboot. Why not take advantage of it?
> 
> I've also heard it said, something along the lines of: "If you have to
> reboot, your server isn't set up correctly" to which I say piffle. Even NASA
> has rebooted the Mars probes after they land and I understand that they run
> VXWorks, incidentally, the same RTOS that my Mitel 3300 uses, and *even
> Mitel* recommends periodic reboots, which we duly cron every night, 2 AM.
> 
> 24/7/365 installs aside, is there a reason why reboots seem to be frowned
> upon? Again, not trolling, just curious.
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