Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 03:45:40 +1100 From: andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> To: Jeremy Chadwick <koitsu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: uptime 2 years! Message-ID: <20081008164540.GA78500@ozzmosis.com> In-Reply-To: <20081008162153.GA80866@icarus.home.lan> References: <DAC3662D-4B24-4986-87C3-7113A070A575@ahm-inc.com> <20081008162153.GA80866@icarus.home.lan>
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On Wed 2008-10-08 09:21:53 UTC-0700, Jeremy Chadwick (koitsu@FreeBSD.org) wrote: > I don't want to rain on your parade, but uptime ultimately means squat. Agreed. > I can install FreeBSD on a box under my desk at home, on a UPS, and > leave it powered on for the next 30 years -- it tells people absolutely > nothing about the reliability of the OS, or what kind of stress it's > undergone during that time. I'd be impressed if an ordinary PC lasted 30 years continuously running. Even if the HDD is solid-state you still have to think about other moving parts, particularly the CPU and PSU cooling fans. I've had a bad run with PSU fans recently. Is FreeBSD 7.1 2038-proof? ;-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_2038_problem (I wonder what version of FreeBSD will be the latest in 2038?) > Additionally, long uptimes also reflect directly on sysadmins: I take it > to mean "the administrator is very lazy". There are security holes > (kernel or userland/library-level) which are exploitable on boxes which > have been up for that kind of time. I'm also making the assumption that > said boxes have Internet connectivity, hence my point. Yes, my initial thought was "what, you don't use freebsd-update?". Regards Andrew
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