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Questions tagged [maintenance]

maintenance is keeping hardware and/or software systems in a healthy state by performing tasks such as updating, cleaning or replacing parts.

maintenance is keeping hardware and/or software systems in a healthy state by performing tasks such as updating, cleaning or replacing parts.

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Is it safe to reboot Linux every night? [Being attacked]

Is it safe to use reboot command to reboot VPS every night? I'm under attack everyday for ~30 mins and I'm pretty sure if they could attack, they would do it non-stop. I contacted hosting provider, they told they don't see anything suspicious and…
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server offline for battery swap?

I'm a HostGator customer, and they frequently post notices that such-and-such server will be momentarily offline for a "battery swap". What exactly are they swapping? I assume it can't be the CMOS battery... I've only ever had to change one of those…
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Windows 10 directory Installer takes too much space, can I set it as compressed folder?

Windows 10 directory Installer takes too much space - 41 GB. First I have problem with Microsoft search which has 31 GB. I manage to reset it. Then I upgraded to Windows 10. After 1 month I deleted old installation files and I have almost 70 GB…
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set up a small maintenance program on a server

I have a small webapplication (PHP and XSLT based) which uses an intern file cache and saves the user's search data. Now, I don't want to run out of disk space, so I need a program for cleaning up and warning. It should do the following: start once…
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Ways to find out if an old server is still in use?

I received a list of 200 servers on the internal domain and I am tasked with determining if they could be end of life. Unfortunately, I've only worked here a month, so I do not know what most of these are even for. I've sent out the list to many…
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