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Originally Posted by Big Ben
Hello,
After much consideration I have decided to go with a VPS hosting solution from RackForce. So far so good!
The VPS seemed to be the best solution for a novice like myself that needed a lot of diskspace but not many other bells and whistles.
I did have a few questions that I could use some help on:
1. I see a lot of talk about "Server Reboots." In fact some companies even use "Free Server Reboots" as an advertising pitch. RackForce gives me the ability to reboot my own server. My question is why would the server need to be rebooted? Is it just like my computer in that it simply needs to be rebooted on ocassion? How will I know when my server needs to be rebooted?
2. I got my VPS set up without any problems including the DNS. Now that I am off and running what types of activities do I need to do on a daily/weekly basis to maintain the health of my server?
Any help or advice would be very much appreciated.
Best Regards,
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If your server is running linux then there are not many times a server does need to be restarted unless its totally unresponsive (ie run away process consuming all resources so you cant login and shut the process down). if its a windows box then it might be adventagious to reboot on a regular schedule.
Other times a reboot would be in order is when upgrading the kernel of a linux box.