When to Restart Web Server?

Hello,

I have my web server online from the last 258 days

I want to know should I restart it or keep it running? Its not giving any issues but I my friends recommends that restarting it once in a month will improve its speed. Please post your comments.

 

Linux based servers are nothing like MS based servers. You *should* never have to restart the server, even adding packages is done without restarting the server, as all you need to do is restart the service that is associated with the newly installed components.

 

You do not need to reboot the server until and unless it is necessary. I have seen many servers running without rebooting since more than a year.

Kailash

 

Yes, if its running properly there is no need to restart it.

 

I would upgrade your kernel though

Restarting the server will only cause its cache to be lost and it has to rebuild the cache all over again.

 

If your server running properly with out any issues means there is no need to restart your server.

 

You only have to restart when you update the linux kernel.

 

Tho, it is proven that servers that is never or not so often restarted, has bigger potenional risk of HDD failure!

 

You do not need to reboot the server until and unless it is necessary.

 

you don't really have to restart a linux server ever. Just kill unwanted processes if you see any and the server will work just fine. Thats why Linux is better than Windows you know. Try doing this on a Windows server. You have to restart it every single day if you want to keep it fast.

 

i'm agree ... you don't need to restart your linux server ... just when you have troubles u can't solve without restart ...

 

I remember having build a Linux server for mail purposes. We shut it only one time, about 2 years after when we removed it from production
Alternatively,I had Windows servers I had to reboot every week

Regards
Thibaut

 

Well as long as its running fine, no need to restart it.

 

really?