Re: OT: Longest uptime
On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 11:49:22PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: Doesn't (or didn't?) Linux have a 'feature' that allowed ppl to save their uptimes through a reboot? So, for instance, if it was a schedualed reboot, uptime still showed one continuous uptime? I'd imagine that this would be saved through upgrades as well ... There's a similar module for fbsd here: http://garage.freebsd.pl although the site appears to be down at this moment. -- Jez Hancock - System Administrator / PHP Developer http://munk.nu/ http://jez.hancock-family.com/ - Another FreeBSD Diary http://ipfwstats.sf.net/- ipfw peruser traffic logging ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: Longest uptime
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 06:18:18PM +, Jez Hancock wrote: On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 11:49:22PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: Doesn't (or didn't?) Linux have a 'feature' that allowed ppl to save their uptimes through a reboot? So, for instance, if it was a schedualed reboot, uptime still showed one continuous uptime? I'd imagine that this would be saved through upgrades as well ... There's a similar module for fbsd here: http://garage.freebsd.pl although the site appears to be down at this moment. The irony is delicious ;-) -T -- Beauty is more important in computing than anywhere else in technology because software is so complicated. Beauty is the ultimate defense against complexity. -- David Gelernter, Machine Beauty: Elegance and the Heart of Technology ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: Longest uptime
On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 12:28:40PM -0600, Tillman Hodgson wrote: On Sun, Feb 22, 2004 at 06:18:18PM +, Jez Hancock wrote: On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 11:49:22PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: Doesn't (or didn't?) Linux have a 'feature' that allowed ppl to save their uptimes through a reboot? So, for instance, if it was a schedualed reboot, uptime still showed one continuous uptime? I'd imagine that this would be saved through upgrades as well ... There's a similar module for fbsd here: http://garage.freebsd.pl although the site appears to be down at this moment. The irony is delicious ;-) LOL :P Actually that site had a module for modifying your uptime I think it was rather than saving your old uptime. -- Jez Hancock - System Administrator / PHP Developer http://munk.nu/ http://jez.hancock-family.com/ - Another FreeBSD Diary http://ipfwstats.sf.net/- ipfw peruser traffic logging ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: Longest uptime
Hi,
On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Daniela wrote:
On Saturday 21 February 2004 20:47, Jamie wrote:
I'm curious as to what the longest uptimes are people have seen on
production servers. We've got a FreeBSD machine here with an uptime of 506
days. It is a file server and it also runs spamassassin for another
machine. Too bad we have to take it down to replace a motherboard tonight
with leaky caps. It would have been fun to see if it could have made it to
999 or higher.
I'm curious as to what the highest uptimes people have seen on their
servers. With times like that, you can't help but fall in love
with FreeBSD!!
I have heard of a machine running FreeBSD 2.2 with 2300+ days uptime and still
running.
Mine has only reached 29 days so far, because I patch my system very often.
I just checked back and it's still up ...
--snipp--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: {8} uname -a
FreeBSD hostname.domain 2.2.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 2.2.2-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 9 18:53:29
CET 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/usr/src/sys/compile/XX i386
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: {9} uptime
9:44PM up 2204 days, 2:38, 1 user, load averages: 0.48, 0.24, 0.10
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: {10} date
Sun Feb 22 21:45:29 CET 2004
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: {11}
--snipp--
hostnames and domains changed to protect the innocent.
Of course this does not make much sense and the customer in question
would be well advised with an update. Have been talking to them.
Our own production servers regularly reach 200 days and more. We update things
like ssh and openssl in place and only do full buildworld/installworld
upgrades perhaps once or twice a year. Lot's can be done while staying up.
Jails help a lot of course. Not having external users with shell access also
helps.
Greetings
Christian
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Re: OT: Longest uptime
On Saturday, 21 February 2004 at 15:24:47 -0500, S wrote: I'm curious as to what the longest uptimes are people have seen on production servers. http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html I've known people with server uptimes of over 1000 days. It's rather pointless to go beyond this time, since it means you're running seriously out-of-date software. I suspect that the predominance of BSD/OS in the top positions is due to the fact that it costs money, whereas FreeBSD users are more likely to update. Note that the current top of the list has been running for 1741 days, which means that it was booted in May 1999. A lot has happened in that time. What I find more interesting is a thing that people can relate to more directly: how long has you *desktop* been up? Here's my current best: $ uptime 8:38AM up 528 days, 9:04, 10 users, load averages: 0.05, 0.02, 0.00 $ ps aux | grep X root 987 0.0 15.5 73436 24600 ?? S12Sep02 2718:33.85 X :0 -bpp 16 (XFree86) I wouldn't do this on a machine that wasn't almost completely firewalled. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply or reply to the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: OT: Longest uptime
On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 02:47:56PM -0600, Jamie wrote: I'm curious as to what the longest uptimes are people have seen on production servers. We've got a FreeBSD machine here with an uptime of 506 days. It is a file server and it also runs spamassassin for another machine. Too bad we have to take it down to replace a motherboard tonight with leaky caps. It would have been fun to see if it could have made it to 999 or higher. I'm curious as to what the highest uptimes people have seen on their servers. With times like that, you can't help but fall in love with FreeBSD!! Dear Jamie, I don't feel having high uptimes is sucha good this. Both for security reason and big software fixes. Therefor mine usaly stay below 45 days. -- Alex Articles based on solutions that I use: http://www.kruijff.org/alex/index.php?dir=docs/FreeBSD/ ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: Longest uptime
On Saturday 21 February 2004 20:47, Jamie wrote: I'm curious as to what the longest uptimes are people have seen on production servers. We've got a FreeBSD machine here with an uptime of 506 days. It is a file server and it also runs spamassassin for another machine. Too bad we have to take it down to replace a motherboard tonight with leaky caps. It would have been fun to see if it could have made it to 999 or higher. I'm curious as to what the highest uptimes people have seen on their servers. With times like that, you can't help but fall in love with FreeBSD!! I have heard of a machine running FreeBSD 2.2 with 2300+ days uptime and still running. Mine has only reached 29 days so far, because I patch my system very often. Daniela ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: Longest uptime
I cannot verify that any system has been up for 2300+ days but according to Netcraft.com (http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html) there are some very impressive uptimes out there. Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: OT: Longest uptime
Doesn't (or didn't?) Linux have a 'feature' that allowed ppl to save their uptimes through a reboot? So, for instance, if it was a schedualed reboot, uptime still showed one continuous uptime? I'd imagine that this would be saved through upgrades as well ... Not sure of the accuracy of this, but I seem to recall some friends running Linux mentioning this ... On Sat, 21 Feb 2004, Pratt, Benjamin E. wrote: I cannot verify that any system has been up for 2300+ days but according to Netcraft.com (http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html) there are some very impressive uptimes out there. Ben ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo!: yscrappy ICQ: 7615664 ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
