Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 14:50, Dan Jenkins wrote: > > On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Jack Hodgson wrote: > > > I'm kinda amused at how I'm unwilling to do a particular bit of system > > > maintenance because it involves shutting down the machine, and I like > > > seeing my uptime stats get bigger. > > > > I know what you mean. I had a server with 679 days which needed to be > > physically moved. It near broke my heart to shut it down. > > > > Of course, my longest uptime was a Novell server with somewhat over 6 years > > (that's about 2200 days). > > Back at Cisco, we really did start to get pathetic, sometimes, and > occasionally devolved into "uptime wars". Print servers (all Linux) > were good candidates for mind-numbingly large uptimes. For a while > there, the printservers were all running SETI@Home, and we were doing > just amazing number crunching, but some bozo in management got wind of > it, and decided that our idle time would be better spent being... idle > time. *sigh* Pesky PHBs. > > -Ken > > P.S. Speaking of Novell servers and ridiculous uptimes, anyone remember > this story? http://content.techweb.com/wire/story/TWB20010409S0012
Sheet-rocked behind a wall. Thanks for reminding me of that one. I've seen them mislaid behind racks and in the backs of closets (under a pile of rubber boots), but never actually built them into the building. Though I did once see a system roped to a wall in a stable of an abandoned lighthouse - because the dirt floor was muddy. It wasn't lost, however.
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