Re: Reboot your server regularly to gain better performance

From: Paul Drake <drak0nian_at_yahoo.com>
Date: 14 May 2003 13:43:09 -0700
Message-ID: <1ac7c7b3.0305141243.33d65726@posting.google.com>

"Niall Litchfield" <n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk> wrote in message news:<3ec24306$0$19598$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net>...
> "JustAnotherDBA" <burttemp1REMOVE_THIS_at_bellsouth.net> wrote in message
> news:fCjwa.41620$hu.25793_at_fe03.atl2.webusenet.com...
> > Consider a real operating system (Unix/Linux) that doesn't require reboots
> > and doesn't require 3rd party utilities to do something like scheduling
> > (crontab).
>
> windows doesn't require 3rd party utilities for scheduling either.

yeah, but alot of hardware will hang at shutdown time, making scheduled reboots (where the OS will come back up) not a possibility. Proliants were famous for this.

"It is now safe to turn off your computer".

Paul Received on Wed May 14 2003 - 15:43:09 CDT