[ntp:questions] Clock skew changes drastically between reboots
David J Taylor
david-taylor at blueyonder.not-this-bit.nor-this-part.co.uk
Mon Apr 2 13:48:41 UTC 2007
Richard B. gilbert wrote:
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> Do you really need to reboot? Microsoft is the only vendor of
> Operating Systems that seem to require regular reboots. Most, if not
> all, of the others seem to be able to run for weeks, months or years
> between reboots.
My Microsoft Windows systems run for weeks or months. We had a power-cut
last year so I can't claim years. The only thing which seems to crash on
my NT4 system is NTP.
I do choose to apply security updates to the Internet-facing systems, and
that's the only time when a reboot may be required.
David
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