Re:How to Pimp Out Linux Booting (Score 1)

The fact that Linux servers does not reboot is not only because because Linux is reliable enough not to have to be rebooted every now and then. This is also becuase many Linux distributions like many other unix installations assume that the machine will be running 24/7.

If you would shut a Linux server down over night it does not only mean its services like NFS exports, web pages, CPU number crunching or whatever will not be avaiable during that time. For many distributions it will also mean that different housekeeping tasks configured by cron jobs to run at night will not be performed. Such housekeeping tasks might be stuff like updating the locate database, cleaning up temporary directories and rotating system logs.