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Date:      Mon, 21 May 2001 15:04:07 -0700
From:      Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>
To:        dochawk@psu.edu
Cc:        Rick Hamell <hamellr@heorot.1nova.com>, Jason Halbert <res02jw5@gte.net>, FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: uptime limits
Message-ID:  <3B0990D7.F4C027FE@urx.com>
References:  <200105211842.f4LIgQ583289@fac13.ds.psu.edu>

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dochawk@psu.edu wrote:
> 
> Rick rambled,
> 
> >       Some... mostly among the NT and Linux crowds thinks it's a big
> > deal... (Wow! My NT-Server has been up for 35 days! :) On the same note,
> > our company has a reboot schedule setup for 300+ NT-Servers... :) Every 30
> > days if it needs it or not. :)
> 
> I don't think the big deal is that the machine has been up that long,
> but rather that there's nothing inherent in the operating system that
> *stops* it from staying up that long.
> 
> hawk
> 
> p.s.  Can NT *really* stay up 35 days? :)

Easily but you have to ignore the critical updates from Microsoft that
require a reboot. My Windows 2000 Server had more uptime than my FreeBSD
server. Then, they came out with Service Pack 2, which required a reboot.

Kent

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