> Few people realize it, but you have very little control over the system.
That might be the difference in our POVs... Most of the time I work in environments where we do have control over the whole system, or at least aim for it.
> If you plot the uptime for servers, you will find that it looks like a very steep bell curve.
Unless they kernel paniced, systems I took care of run from one kernel update to the other. I never experienced the "cruft" in any way.
> I am not restarting because there is anything wrong with the system. It is not a solution to anything. It is a preventative measure.
So you don't know of anything going wrong. You're not fixing anything by restarting. You're restarting just in case... it prevents something from breaking. I guess I just disagree with that reasoning.
That might be the difference in our POVs... Most of the time I work in environments where we do have control over the whole system, or at least aim for it.
> If you plot the uptime for servers, you will find that it looks like a very steep bell curve.
Unless they kernel paniced, systems I took care of run from one kernel update to the other. I never experienced the "cruft" in any way.
> I am not restarting because there is anything wrong with the system. It is not a solution to anything. It is a preventative measure.
So you don't know of anything going wrong. You're not fixing anything by restarting. You're restarting just in case... it prevents something from breaking. I guess I just disagree with that reasoning.