Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 10:23:54 -0500 From: "Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P." <kdk@daleco.biz> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Way OT: How long does your box run for? Message-ID: <41388C8A.6090702@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <16696.34812.14794.392474@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <8F6BD2D2-FD85-11D8-8EBC-000D93511A6A@hhbb.co.uk> <41387C64.2090304@daleco.biz> <16696.34812.14794.392474@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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Robert Huff wrote: >Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. writes: > > > >> IIRC, Netcraft now claims that most >> new FreeBSD builds "reset" to zero after 400-something days, so >> some of their statistics may be no longer as valid... >> >> > > From the NetCraft FAQ: > >Why do some Operating Systems never show uptimes above 497 days ? > > The method that Netcraft uses to determine the uptime of a > server is bounded by an upper limit of 497 days for some > Operating Systems (see above). It is therefore not possible to > see uptimes for these systems that go beyond this upper > limit. Although we could in theory attempt to compute the true > uptime for OS's with this upper limit by monitoring for > restarts at the expected time, we prefer not to do this as it > can be inaccurate and error prone. > > ... which is not exactly the same thing. > > Point taken. Typing faster than thinking is dangerous; particularly when not looking at the datum to which one is referring. Thank you. KDK
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