Important information about Automatic Updates
Automatic updates include all perfSONAR, operating system and third-party packages. Enabling this feature will help keep the latest security fixes on the system, but keep in mind it is possible some updates may break your host unexpectedly. The following rule of thumb may be useful when considering whether to enable this feature:
If the machine is a critical server, for which unplanned downtime of a service on the machine can not be tolerated, then you should not use automatic updates. Otherwise, you may choose to use them.
It is also important to note that automatic updates do not perform all required system reboots or service restarts. Enabling this feature still requires close monitoring of the host to make sure all updates are applied completely and properly.
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