From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 4 13:41:53 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from diskfarm.firehouse.net (rdu25-12-043.nc.rr.com [24.25.12.43]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B9CF37B75B for ; Fri, 4 Aug 2000 13:41:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from abc@diskfarm.firehouse.net) Received: (from abc@localhost) by diskfarm.firehouse.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA79288; Fri, 4 Aug 2000 16:46:46 GMT (envelope-from abc) Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2000 16:46:46 +0000 From: Alan Clegg To: Fabio Miranda Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: offtopic: Server questions Message-ID: <20000804164646.C78174@diskfarm.firehouse.net> References: <20000804202543.24449.qmail@web122.yahoomail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <20000804202543.24449.qmail@web122.yahoomail.com>; from fmirand@yahoo.com on Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 01:25:43PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Out of the ether, Fabio Miranda spewed forth the following bitstream: > it's a good excersice to shutdown the system once a > mouth or something like that? No. There is never a good reason to shut down a functioning UNIX box. I've personally had machines (production, not just sitting in the corner using electricity) up for nearly 18 months without a reboot. The only reason it went down was an extended power outage that drained the UPS batteries. AlanC To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message