Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 02:16:26 -0700 From: David Syphers <dsyphers@u.washington.edu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Andy Holyer <andyh@hhbb.co.uk> Subject: Re: Way OT: How long does your box run for? Message-ID: <200409030216.26360.dsyphers@u.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <8F6BD2D2-FD85-11D8-8EBC-000D93511A6A@hhbb.co.uk> References: <8F6BD2D2-FD85-11D8-8EBC-000D93511A6A@hhbb.co.uk>
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On Friday 03 September 2004 01:45 am, Andy Holyer wrote: > The other day I was explaining something to my boss (a suit), and I > mentioned that a FreeBSD box would easily run for a year or more. "Oh", > he said, "and then you've got to reboot it?". I explained that > generally some upgrade comes along that reqwuires a reboot, but I > realized that I don't know how long a box would stay up in the maximum. > So, come on, this should be fun, what's the biggest uptime you've ever > had for a BSD box? Netcraft has a list of long uptimes for websites, which has a lot of FreeBSDs (including number 1, with an uptime of nearly five years). Bad security, but still... http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html -David -- +++ Divide By Cucumber Error. Please Reinstall Universe And Reboot. +++
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