https://www.webmaster-forums.net/crss/node/1012831 en https://www.webmaster-forums.net/server-management/restarting-webserver-regularly-necessary#comment-1074338 <p>Welcome to the wonderful world of NT. ALthough nt server is 100s of tiems better than windows 95/98/ME series, it is still windows. One of the most annoying parts of all windows systems is the inability to return ram.</p> <p>That is, when someone finishes runing a program that uses 16megs of memory, windows nt might return 15 megs (probably less) to your system. That means after hundreds of uses, you run low on ram.</p> <p>And this folks is why people use linux. Although it lacks the friendly windows feel (hah), closing a program actually closes a program. So when someone uses 16megs of ram, linux will return around 15.999 megs of ram. Of coruse linux can have the same problem from zombies (processes that dont clolse).</p> <p>Pretty much, if you get high load to lots of applications, you'll need a real hearty box to keep from rebooting often. Still, a dialy reboot sounds like your box is getting pushed pretty hard -- it might be time to look at just what it is doing right and what's killing it.</p> Tue, 21 Nov 2000 00:38:39 +0000 Ted Sindzinski comment 1074338 at https://www.webmaster-forums.net