Do you restart your server(s)
 

Newbie question I know but do you ever restart your servers if everything is running fine?

Is there a rule of thumb for how often you should do it?

There is no need for restart if everything works fine.

never..

if you need to restart then there's something wrong....

reboots does a server the most harm. Thats when most of the times harddisks fail.

No need to reboot if everything is fine. You may want to look into setting a schedule for maintenance though. :2 cents:

I have no idea why anyone would reboot a linux/unix server that is running fine, it doesn't do anything, if it's windows maybe

if it aint broke, dont fix it

One of mine (running a couple of old scripts I still use) has been up for 1750 days (4.75 years).

I don't reboot but I do restart HTTTPD and MySQL from time to time.

:thumbsup

4:05PM up 759 days, 22:29, 1 user, load averages: 0.48, 0.86, 0.95

if it works well - don't touch it...

never reboot a server unless you need to.

Bash.org has your answer:

linux/unix fucking rocks

What about when you upgrade the kernel?

I did that and there was no downtime(atleast i didnt notice it)

Kernel upgrades are generally the only reason I reboot servers, don't trust Ksplice to do it.