I have several servers with www.linode.com. If I restart my Linode from the Linode console, when it restarts the database is down. MySQL wont restart because it says a mysql process is already running. I have to login via SSH and delete the var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock file, then do a service mysql start.
So I wondered if this can be avoided? I am sure it only does it on one of my servers, the others seem to restart Ok when I reboot. So wondered if its a configuration issue somewhere.