How often do you reboot your server

Alphawolf · 2005-01-19, 09:31 PM

Thought you had accunett doing the management?

I'm pretty happy to have managed hosting.

Useless · 2005-01-20, 11:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Alphawolf

Thought you had accunett doing the management?

I'm a fucking renegade! I never got around to it. Installed a couple of firewalls and dicked with it a bit with some online tutorials a while back. It seems to be happy thus far. I figured I'd hire a management company when the shit hits the fan.

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Originally Posted by SinSational

restart services when needed (usually have to when adding new accounts)
reboot the boxes only when necessary.

When ever I add another domain I seem to have to restart exim in order to kick start email for the new domain. Otherwise I try not to touch the thing. Don't want to hex my good fortune.

Alphawolf · 2005-01-21, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

I'm a fucking renegade! I never got around to it.

Well, you're tight with a nickel as well.

Useless · 2005-01-21, 01:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Alphawolf

Well, you're tight with a nickel as well.

Shhh...Don't tell anyone.
This thread just got me doing some more security crap though, which is good (and necessary). Just installed a couple trojan scanners and mod_security for Apache. The server is still running and my sites are still displaying so I guess I didn't screw up to much.

Note to self-get server management.

AcidMaX · 2005-01-21, 10:26 AM

I'm on 196 days since a reboot. I believe in the "If its not broke, don't fix it" mentality. Of course my host manages my servers mostly but I do have root just in case something serious happens and I can fix it quickly.

Most unix boxes can run for a long time before rebooting. I once had one run for 2 years without rebooting.

Barron · 2005-01-25, 10:57 AM

You using Ensim? Ut oh!

Depending on the version, you need to reboot every couple of months. In the older versions there is an error about uptime. The only time I found this to be an issue though is when you add new domains.

Also, watch the size of your log files or you'll be rebooting when you dont want to.

Tip: Change your log rotate to daily instead of weekly for every domain and the server. And for those server-application logs that dont rotate, if any, just delete the info, but leave the file. The magic number is 2gig. *nix boxes choke on files that large.

Good Luck!

cd34 · 2005-01-25, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Barron

The magic number is 2gig. *nix boxes choke on files that large.

-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 4571791360 2005-01-25 12:50 ibdata
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 2005-01-25 12:50 ib_logfile0
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 5242880 2005-01-25 12:50 ib_logfile1

-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 8696 May 14 2003 sgh_sites.frm
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 4060223536 Jan 25 09:06 sgh_stats.MYD
-rw-rw---- 1 mysql mysql 3555355648 Jan 25 09:06 sgh_stats.MYI

I guess I better tell Linux that those files should be causing problems.

2005-01-19, 09:31 PM	#1
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2005-01-21, 10:26 AM	#5
AcidMaX Programming till my fingers bleed. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 876	I'm on 196 days since a reboot. I believe in the "If its not broke, don't fix it" mentality. Of course my host manages my servers mostly but I do have root just in case something serious happens and I can fix it quickly. Most unix boxes can run for a long time before rebooting. I once had one run for 2 years without rebooting.

2005-01-25, 10:57 AM	#6
Barron You tried your best and you failed miserably. The lesson is 'never try' Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 166	You using Ensim? Ut oh! Depending on the version, you need to reboot every couple of months. In the older versions there is an error about uptime. The only time I found this to be an issue though is when you add new domains. Also, watch the size of your log files or you'll be rebooting when you dont want to. Tip: Change your log rotate to daily instead of weekly for every domain and the server. And for those server-application logs that dont rotate, if any, just delete the info, but leave the file. The magic number is 2gig. *nix boxes choke on files that large. Good Luck!