In article <news-0A1283.10123524072003@news.tdl.com>, "Michael Vilain
<vilain@spamcop.net>" says...
>
> The "general rule" of UNIX is "don't reboot unless you have to (or
> you're lazy and don't want to figure out what to fix your problem".

Hey, you'd be surprised how often a reboot will fix a particularly pesky
problem. Just ask your friendly neighborhood MCSE.

> Sysadmins are forever quoting the longest "uptime" on their systems as a
> matter of pride.

Heh.. 1,481 days. Read it and weep.

> In common practice, scheduling downtime at least once a month gets the
> users used to the idea of a "downtime" and gives you headroom to plan
> projects that require an outage--hardware and software upgrades,
> testing, or whatever.

And it gives you a chance to install the latest set of recommended and
security patches, after which a reboot is usually a good idea.