Date: Fri, 31 Dec 1999 18:49:14 -0500 From: Bill Vermillion <bill@bilver.magicnet.net> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: uptimes, Woo Hoo] Message-ID: <19991231184914.A3700@bilver.magicnet.net>
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On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 02:02:59PM -0500, Thus Spake Matthew McGehrin: > On 31 Dec 99, at 13:53, Barrett Richardson wrote: > > Couldn't resist taking a picture of my uptimes (in case they fall > > victim to a power outage). The Webserver and Shell Server are lower > > than the others because of Stupid Admin Tricks. > > Mailserver > > 1:32PM up 324 days, 12:23, 8 users, load averages: 0.15, 0.29, 0.29 > High 'uptimes' are cool i guess, but not from an administrative > stand point. So if you reboot your machine, and something doesnt > work, you have 324 days of backtracking to figure out what was > changed. Just because a machine stays up for months on end doesn't mean you shouldn't check all the system logs at least on a weekly basis. You will not have backtracking problems because you'll know what has changed. > I reboot my machine monthly. Not needed IMO Bill -- Bill Vermillion bv @ wjv.com ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Bill Vermillion bv @ wjv.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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