[THIN] Re: Reboot Schedule
- From: "Joe Shonk" <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 06:18:30 -0700
Yes, Windows has gotten much better over the years (stability that is). The
largest issue now is having to reboot after a constant stream of new
security patches. Printer drivers? Ehh, a little but not much. So, the
drivers don't Blue Screen the server, they only kill the spooler. There are
still a lot of incompatibilities... That's why there is the UPD, Uniprint,
Simplified Printing, ThinPrint and the likes... (and it's really good to
hear Citrix is going to support EMF in the next release, it's about time)
The major problem days are still the applications... Poorly written
applications and arrogant vendors are still an issue and will continue to be
an issue.
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of cherie.watts Watts
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 12:44 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Reboot Schedule
I have worked for companies that must have 24by 7 uptime, but didn't
have the servers for load balancing so they just stayed up. Sometimes
you don't what your servers can do until you push them.
Reboots only for patching, which is generally once a month or 6months
or longer if they could stretch it. We rarely had any problems. But I
attribute this to a very locked down platform, with next to no changes
with the applications on the system and no additional applications
introduced. Stable printer drivers and very rarely new ones added.
But on your general published desktop servers, weekly is fairly
common. But I always try to aim for monthly(coincide with patching).
And Yes it's windows and all. But guys I think they have earned a
little more credit....I mean if Windows NT sucked so BADLY why are
people still running it!!!
And with Windows 2000 Terminal server, most of my problems are due to
doofus companies who can't write printer drivers....or maybe that's
doofus managers buying the printers.
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:18:47 -0500, Justin Martin <jmartin@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
> General consenus - what is everyone doing for rebooting your Citrix
> Server(s). How often are they being rebooted?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
>
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