Periodic Server Reboot

[Joey]

Should you periodically schedule a reboot on servers just
for maintenance? I've heard different opinions on this
subject. Please share yours with me. TIA.

 

[Scott Harding - MS MVP]

I wouldn't. If you are using MS products then when you update the systems
with Critical Patches that should be enough reboots. There should no reason
to reboot a machine, I've rebooted machines and had them not come up simply
because of the reboot. Mind you these were caused by hardware failure that
was just waiting for a reboot to rear it's ugly head but there really
shouldn't be any reason to reboot unless you have some sort of memory leak
or some other issue. I just don't see a need for it. Any other opinions
guys?

 

[Dave Patrick]

I agree with Scott. If an issue crops up (mem leak or other issue) causing
you to regularly require a reboot then you need to get to the root cause.

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[Carl Fenley]

Count me as another vote for "No Periodic Reboot".

Rebooting after critical updates is plenty, too much, in fact, IMHO. There
should be no reason why a properly configured system, serving something
(even if it's only diskspace) to clients, shouldn't be able to run
indefinitely without any trouble.

- carl