Linux: concerns over systemd [OT]

Thu Oct 23 05:11:50 UTC 2014

On Wed, 22 Oct 2014, Larry Sheldon wrote:
> That is the question I have been asking myself.
>
> Back in the day we took it a a failure if a reboot happened.  (I remember 
> discussions about needing to reboot to keep counters from overflowing.  I 
> thought programming for counter wrap was a better idea.)

When I see a machine with a long uptime I ask myself:

1. When was the last kernel update? 
2. Do we know it would come back cleanly when it is rebooted?
3. What would happen to the site if that machine went offline?

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