Comments on: Reinstalling every year http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/reinstalling-every-year/ Tim Ottinger on Christianity, freedom, software, podcasts, and really hot-looking guitars. Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:16:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1-alpha by: Tim http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/reinstalling-every-year/#comment-353 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 03:10:23 +0100 http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/reinstalling-every-year/#comment-353 I remember being told about nightly reboots and the like 'way back when in pre-95 days maybe. Odd how nothing really changes. We joke at work about machines having "sleep deprivation" if they are on for more than 24 hours -- but those are development machines, not servers. I'm amazed at how fast machines slow down and what all you have to do to keep the speed up. They shouldn't be running down like that. Barring hardware failure or disks running out of space, they should pretty much run like the day they were installed. When they don't, it should be for reasons that re-imaging doesn't solve. Nor rebooting. I remember being told about nightly reboots and the like ‘way back when in pre-95 days maybe. Odd how nothing really changes. We joke at work about machines having “sleep deprivation” if they are on for more than 24 hours — but those are development machines, not servers.

I’m amazed at how fast machines slow down and what all you have to do to keep the speed up. They shouldn’t be running down like that. Barring hardware failure or disks running out of space, they should pretty much run like the day they were installed. When they don’t, it should be for reasons that re-imaging doesn’t solve. Nor rebooting.

]]> by: Steve http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/reinstalling-every-year/#comment-350 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:52:15 +0100 http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/reinstalling-every-year/#comment-350 oh yeah, the part that I agree on is that Linux being a stable platform. Upgrades and updates Linux has a handle on where Windows desires some instruction. oh yeah, the part that I agree on is that Linux being a stable platform. Upgrades and updates Linux has a handle on where Windows desires some instruction.

]]> by: Steve http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/reinstalling-every-year/#comment-349 Thu, 13 Apr 2006 10:51:14 +0100 http://tottinge.blogsome.com/2006/04/13/reinstalling-every-year/#comment-349 I agree and disagree. We have windows servers here at work that havent been rebooted in a year and we have no trouble with them. We sure in the heck dont re-image them once a year either. Its not cost effective. Even though they may recommend it, most companies arent doing it. I agree and disagree. We have windows servers here at work that havent been rebooted in a year and we have no trouble with them. We sure in the heck dont re-image them once a year either. Its not cost effective. Even though they may recommend it, most companies arent doing it.

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