On Thu, 24 Jul 2003, EKL wrote:

> Would someone please give me some pointers on a trend analysis on resource
> leaks for Solaris 9 and LynxOS (or in general on UNIX machines). Basically,
> I need statistics to determine how often I need to restart these machines to
> avoid unplanned failures. Thanks.

I don't know about LynxOS, but you reboot a Solaris machine
when you add hardware that isn't hot swappable, or when you
apply one or more patches that need the machine to be rebooted
to take effect (e.g., the kernel jumbo patch). Depending on
your paranoia level, you should probably look at adding the
latest recommended patch cluster quarterly perhaps, more or
less.

Rebooting Solaris machines "just because" is neither necessary
nor desirable. It's a habit from people who look after Windoze
machines.

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