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Re:Got called to a professor’s office after a complaint his ... by eru on Sunday July 30, 2023 @10:24PM (#36938165)
Yes, once a day was an example. Google uses different frequencies. However I do remember getting automated nagging messages at Google when a service hadn't been redeployed (and thus restarted) for more than two weeks.

Google as a whole might be different from other companies, yes. But smaller departments in Google aren't that different from other companies.

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Re:Got called to a professor’s office after a complaint his ... by aflag on Sunday August 06, 2023 @12:10PM (#37023408)
Getting those messages is very different (and a lot more reasonable) from forceful restarting them, which was the initial suggestion.

The restarting risk is normally so small, that there are several other things that are more important than constantly restarting to test that restart works. Continuous delivery, security patching and hardware failure will likely cause enough restarts anyway.

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