Jack's Rants - Why You Need to Reboot : Why Rebooting Your Computer Actually Fixes Problems

Jack's Rants - Why You Need to Reboot : Why Rebooting Your Computer Actually Fixes Problems

"Have you tried turning it off and on again ?" became an IT cliché for a reason. Rebooting clears accumulated state, resets resources, and fixes a surprising number of problems.

From Unix uptime bragging rights to mainframe IPLs and Windows servers nobody is allowed to restart, every system has its own relationship with rebooting. Maybe what we really need is a reboot SLA.

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00:00 Introduction

02:17 Developer Habits

04:01 Mainframes & Servers

06:18 Reboot Realities

08:19 Conclusion