How can companies seriously use windows server if it can't update without rebooting?
>>61016687
They don't
>>61016687
virtualization
Easy: they buy 2 servers and reboot them one at a time :^)
ive got over 1,000 of them in my environment. we just reboot them
usually only patch quarterly unless its something big
>>61016687
It's 2017 and linux still can't update the kernel without updating while windows can.
>>61016837
Without restarting
>>61016837
Great, now I can install my rootkits any time I want. What a time to be a botnet.
>>61016687
for high availability you need to have a fallover system anyway.
Same goes for any OS
>>>/g/sqt
>>61016687
Just mom and pop operations use windows servers. Big bidness uses gnu+linux.
>>61016837
>>61016846
Already there years ago.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/no-reboot-patching-comes-to-linux-4-0/
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/no-reboot-kernel-patching-and-why-you-should-care
https://linux-audit.com/livepatch-linux-kernel-updates-without-rebooting/