On Wednesday, September 03, 1997 1:25 PM, Art Bahrs [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
wrote:
> Hi Frank,
>     um.... I have POSIX running on my 3k but not playing with SAMBA
yet...and
> nope... I don't have to re-boot the 3k (series 957) ???
>
>     Now, I have had to recover from power fails when the Willamette River
> flooded out the power grid for downtown Portland last year hehehe
>
> Art Bahrs
>
> >>> Frank Letts <[log in to unmask]> 09/03/97 02:00pm >>>
> Well, after spending more time re-booting the 3000 the last 3 months
> than I had in the previous 25 years :(, I've come to a startling
> conclusion.  Now that we have POSIX on the machine, we have to treat
> it like any other toycomputer and reboot it at least once a day.
>
> Has any one else come to this conclusion?  In my 31+ years of experience
> with -hp- computers, I have previously only rebooted in case of direct
> lightning strikes, errant fork lifts, and secretarys that spilled their
> coffee in the cpu/disc drives.  I don't recall ever a general malady
> that required something as drastic a rebooting.  Could it be that one of
> these new commers to the 3K have imported the dreaded memory leak
> syndrome?  Comments?
>
> frank 'too old for this $#!+' letts

I have to agree with Art. I would be interested the the reasons for
re-booting the 3000. We have a 957 and a 927lx that are booted about every
3 months for configuration changes (don't have 5.5 yet).

I have had to re-boot once in the past  two years do to an O/S glich, but
never nightly (or weekly, monthly....).

What O/S version and patches are you running?

Are you running any third party stuff when the need to re-boot arises?

Let us know and maybe someone will see an answer.

Dave Gale
Systems/Operations Manager
Health Care Horizons, Inc.
2129 Osuna NE, Floor 3
Albuquerque NM 87113

(505) 342-4660
(505) 342-0595 fax
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