On Wednesday 06 April 2005 23:44, Dinesh Joshi wrote: > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Via P4m266a with piv celeron 2.8 GHz 128mb 120GB hd. LAPP > > installed and running 24/7. > > > >rgds > >jtd > > Wow, and it hasnt konked off, yet.
Why should it konk out. > Is it in a dust free environment > with temperature/humidity regulation? No. But there is a window AC which works most of the time. In a nice cool dust free environment uptime is 3yrs and countinng. Debian woody. Infact none of the systems crash without a power failure. In the same environment "high end" boxes using windows 2000 server and NTxyz have an uptime of a week to 4 weeks. That too with umpteen sysadmins running helter skelter. While we have AMCs we hardly need to maintain anything at all. Disk life on linux is longer than on a windoze box. I ve observed that disks konk out on a windoze machine in about 3 yrs. But are still running on linux boxes (4.5 yrs +). Warning no hard data just my observation on 40 to 50 machines running in the same environment. No i did not supply the windoze box. Incase of home use desktops, the only time there is a problem is when the ISP "upgrades" his stuff. since the isp engineer knows no better than click this n that we have to go to the user's place to set things right. CAVEAT. No warranty or support if you install windoze. Ya i actually specify this clause in the contract. rgds jtd -- http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
