Re: [WinMac] restarting servers
Tom Roth(tomroth[at]wfubmc.edu)
Thu, 16 Dec 1999 10:57:38 -0500
Jeff Johnson wrote:
>
> Is there any rule-of-thumb for restarting servers? I've had a couple of
> distinctly different opinions on this. A network engineer (CNE, MCSE) told
> me to restart all my servers as a matter of maintenance ever 1-2 weeks.
> Another (CNE) said to never restart a server until they start acting up.
>
> I'm interested in any other thoughts on this and reasoning to back it up.
We run a database that automatically shuts down at 8pm every night so
the automated backup can backup the DB files (along with the rest of the
server volumes). When the backup is done the backup program (ARCserve)
restarts the DB program. We found that after a while the DB wouldn't
shut down automatically even though we had it set to do so. Now I have
the server automatically reboot every Monday morning at 2am and I've not
had a problem with the DB since. If it wasn't for that I'd probably
schedule an auto reboot about once a month.
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Tom Roth Wake Forest University School of Medicine
tomroth@wfubmc.edu Dept of Biomedical Communications
http://www.wfubmc.edu/biomed/ Medical Center Blvd
Tel 336.716.4493 Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1011
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