From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Feb 16 16: 6: 5 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from sumatra.americantv.com (sumatra.americantv.com [207.170.17.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0480C10EC6 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 16:05:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jlemon@americantv.com) Received: from right.PCS (right.PCS [148.105.10.31]) by sumatra.americantv.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA16310 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:05:51 -0600 (CST) Received: from free.pcs (free.PCS [148.105.10.51]) by right.PCS (8.6.13/8.6.4) with ESMTP id SAA14068 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:01:42 -0600 Received: (from jlemon@localhost) by free.pcs (8.8.6/8.8.5) id SAA29142; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:05:19 -0600 (CST) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:05:19 -0600 (CST) From: Jonathan Lemon Message-Id: <199902170005.SAA29142@free.pcs> To: advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD robustness X-Newsgroups: local.mail.freebsd-advocacy In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Architecture and Operating System Fanatics Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In article you write: >Jonathan Lemon wrote: >> >> I have to admit that I'm just a little bit disappointed. I have >> a machine which is acting as our corporate mailhub (all mail traffic >> passes through this machine), with the following stats: >> >> > uname -v >> FreeBSD 2.2-961014-SNAP #0: Tue Oct 15 01:27:25 1996 >> jkh@time.cdrom.com:/usr/src/sys/compile/GENERIC >> > uptime >> 1:43PM up 586 days, 5:52, 1 user, load averages: 1.11, 1.08, 1.02 >> >> The problem? We apparently are required (by fire department or >> insurance regulations) to test our halon system. This means that >> all power to the switch room will be cut for the duration of the >> test, and I have to shutdown the machine. >> >> I was hoping to get another 2 years out of it, barring hardware failures. >> >> Oh well. *sniff* >> >> At least it proves the robustness of the operating system, and I guess >> I'll take advantage of the downtime to load 3.1-RELEASE on it. > >And stick a gargantuan UPS on it, so it'll live through the next halon- >dump test. Right? ;^) Actually, it's already on a huge UPS, and also has a diesel generator as a backup. However, the halon mechanism cuts _ALL_ power to the room. This means that it shuts down the UPS too. :-( -- Jonathan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message