[Sunhelp] Should I ever reboot a Solaris box if I don't need to?

[Kevin Stevens]

Word from our NT Citrix server guys is that the application is so leaky that 
they have to reboot theirs every few days.  Optionally they can just kill 
the service, flush memory, and restart it, but it's simpler to schedule an 
automatic reboot.  It's an application issue, not an NT issue.  Don't hate 
da playah, hate da game!

KeS


>From: "Fuerst, Robert C. (Chris)" <robert.fuerst at sylvania.com>
>Reply-To: sunhelp at sunhelp.org
>To: "'sunhelp at sunhelp.org'" <sunhelp at sunhelp.org>
>Subject: RE: [Sunhelp] Should I ever reboot a Solaris box if I don't need 
>to?
>Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2000 04:57:55 -0400
>
>	OK - Guess I should have explained that it's a WTS/Citrix MetaFrame
>server so it actually has multiple users on it not just passing through it,
>a print server, etc.....  The recommendation is to reboot nightly - at 
>least
>weekly.
>BTW - Is anyone on this list also a Citrix user?
>
>1st
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	John Kennedy [SMTP:jkennedy at orent.com]
> > Sent:	Wednesday, September 06, 2000 3:09 PM
> > To:	sunhelp at sunhelp.org
> > Subject:	Re: [Sunhelp] Should I ever reboot a Solaris box if I don't
> > need to?
> >
> > Robert,
> > You need to look at 2 things:
> > 1) You've been hacked, rootkitted and someone is having fun with your
> > server...
> > 2) You have SERIOUS system configuration problems or other application
> > issues.
> >
> > Hal,
> > I know of a windoze box that has been running for a year with only 1 or
> > 2 BSOD's/reboots.  Then again there is literally no software other than
> > the O/S and the only thing the users does is play MP3's...
> >
> > John
> >

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