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Date:      Fri, 4 Aug 2000 16:46:46 +0000
From:      Alan Clegg <abc@bsdi.com>
To:        Fabio Miranda <fmirand@yahoo.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: offtopic: Server questions
Message-ID:  <20000804164646.C78174@diskfarm.firehouse.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000804202543.24449.qmail@web122.yahoomail.com>; from fmirand@yahoo.com on Fri, Aug 04, 2000 at 01:25:43PM -0700
References:  <20000804202543.24449.qmail@web122.yahoomail.com>

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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


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