From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 3 20:24:36 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47EFE16A4CE for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 20:24:36 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mail.revolutionsp.com (ganymede.revolutionsp.com [64.246.0.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 88A9443D1D for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 20:24:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from klr@6s-gaming.com) Received: from mail.revolutionsp.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.revolutionsp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1063A15CDE for ; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:22:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from 81.84.174.8 (SquirrelMail authenticated user klr@6s-gaming.com); by mail.revolutionsp.com with HTTP; Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:22:09 -0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <50303.81.84.174.8.1094232129.squirrel@81.84.174.8> In-Reply-To: <24B944B3F6EFB6C32F1D5868@utd49554.utdallas.edu> References: <8F6BD2D2-FD85-11D8-8EBC-000D93511A6A@hhbb.co.uk> <20040903105509.3b70cfff.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <24B944B3F6EFB6C32F1D5868@utd49554.utdallas.edu> Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:22:09 -0000 (GMT) From: "Hugo Silva" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Subject: Re: Way OT: How long does your box run for? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 20:24:36 -0000 I've had a 4.8 server with 280 days uptime, then the motherboard burned :/ I try never to reboot my servers, only when critical security updates are issued. The reason for this is I work with shell providers mostly, and the uptime is a big factor for the clients. But of course, if choosing to reboot & apply a patch or let the server unpatched with a possible root vulnerability, I'll go for the reboot anytime. > --On Friday, September 03, 2004 10:55:09 AM -0400 Bill Moran > wrote: >> >> Most of the servers I manage (which are all intended for 24/7 access) >> see about 3 months between reboots. That's an average. Some servers >> are more aggresively updated than others, and are rebooted more often. >> >> The fun part (for me) is that this is all _scheduled_ downtime. For >> the potentialtech.com server (for example) has about 3 hours of >> unscheduled downtime since Jan 1. And that downtime is the result >> of a failed UPS at the colo facility. It has 0 unscheduled downtime >> due to software issues. >> > Well, if you're ruling out scheduled downtime, I have a box that's never > been down since it was purchased four years ago. :-) > > 'Course it started out as a RH 7.2 box, and now it's a FreeBSD 4.9 box, > but > it's never had a single minute of unscheduled downtime. :-) > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Adjunct Information Security Officer > The University of Texas at Dallas > AVIEN Founding Member > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- www.6s-gaming.com