Re: Periodic restart DB recommended or no ?

zigzagdna_at_yahoo.com wrote:

> My Windows Servers are rebooted every weekend, so Oracle gets rebooted
> as well. I have found that if servers are not rebooted (once Windows
> automatic reboot job was not working), Oracle as well as other
> applications on the server started giving problems.give sproblems.
> On HP UNBIX Servers, this weekly reboot is not requied, servers are
> rebooted only when OS patch is installed (every 3 to 6 months).

I'm running 10gR2 under Oracle Linux on a couple of HP boxes (DL360 and DL380) and from the day they were moved into the current data center they have never been rebooted. I'd suggest getting a different O/S.

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Daniel A. Morgan
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