A unix box or a mainframe that needs rebooting is generally considered broken. On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 17:11, Andrew Hall wrote: > We do the maintenance reboot (and other various log cleanups etc) as part of > our normal maintenance practice. We don't really 'need' to do this, however > we've traditionally found that operating systems perform better with an > occassional reboot (cleanup fragmented memory etc.). > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Fuhr" <mike@xxxxxxxx> > To: "Andrew Hall" <temp02@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: "Scott Marlowe" <smarlowe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Alban Hertroys" > <alban@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Marco Colombo" <pgsql@xxxxxxxxxx>; > <pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 1:56 AM > Subject: Re: Lost rows/data corruption? > > > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 07:40:25PM +1100, Andrew Hall wrote: > >> > >> We have an automated maintenance process that reboots all our > >> customers machines every 10 days at 2am. > > > > What's the purpose of doing this? If it's necessary then the reboots > > aren't really fixing anything. Is whatever problem that prompted > > this procedure being investigated so a permanent fix can be applied? > > > > -- > > Michael Fuhr > > http://www.fuhr.org/~mfuhr/ > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
