Re: Do you think Linux need regular reboot?

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:34:51 -0800, howa wrote:

Our server RH9 has been running for more than 500 days, without
restart, recently we think that its performance is getting worse.

The server run Mysql + apache.

do you think it is a good practice to restart the Linux, say, every 6
month?

IMHO - it ain't gonna hurt to reboot once in a while. It is possible there
is a kernel memory leak which, over time, could chew up available memory.
Have you ever thought of doing an OS upgrade?

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