Thread: How often should i reboot my server?

Hi.

How often do you reboot your server? Must i reboot or is not necessary?

I reboot the Windows-servers once a month, after they have been patched.
Linux-servers are rebooted after kernel upgrades.

Linux is made to live without reboots for 20 years. You can restart once per month as ricky said when you made any update.

I reboot everyday. Am working to much in my vps. Am doing updates and installing to much things.

Reboot is not needed. Only for Windows if you have updates.

Thank you for your answers. Anyway if i reboot everyday will not harm the memory or?

Originally Posted by Epox

Anyway if i reboot everyday will not harm the memory or?

A reboot will not harm your server at all, only your ego that you wont have longer uptime then a day

As a general rule, reboot when needed, not before.
Windows has a tendency to let applications grab memory and when the application is closed all memory grabbed is not always returned.
So sometimes you will get the problems where you have ran out of RAM. Reboot then.
for Linux, it's another story. it will loo like you have ran out of RAM, but that's not always the case.
When processes are being killed because you have no RAM left, reboot.

regards,

mikho
lowendguide.com

i reboot my server my server everyday, when i wake up at morning, so rebooting your server will not harm it, and may also remove any glitches if existing with the server !!

Hello,

For normal project enough restart one time per month. All data centers upgrading servers, updating kernel`s and other things, so client should be sure that your project will start automatically without any problem after server restart.

i do it on a weekly basis, and it will help you if you do it, it doesn't harms it!!!