19:46:16 up 1 day, 18:57, 2 users, load average: 0.22, 0.25, 0.18
Not that impressive, unless you consider that until last month I was
running Windows. My family made the switch to Ubuntu and love it.
>
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>
> Subject:
> [BLUG] Uptime wars
> From:
> Mark Krenz <mark@slugbug.org>
> Date:
> Mon, 2 Mar 2009 03:21:41 +0000
> To:
> blug@cs.indiana.edu
>
> To:
> blug@cs.indiana.edu
> CC:
>
>
> suso@hector ~ $ uptime
> 02:58:33 up 700 days, 22:53, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
>
> Hector is the router on the old Suso network. So it does do a fair
> amount of work. Unfortunately, I'll have to turn it off to move it to
> the new network this week.
>
>
>
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>
> Subject:
> Re: [BLUG] Uptime wars
> From:
> David Ernst <david.ernst@davidernst.net>
> Date:
> Mon, 2 Mar 2009 07:43:55 -0500
> To:
> Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
>
> To:
> Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> CC:
>
>
> I've managed some machines in my day with extremely long
> uptimes... not sure if I ever made 700 days, but in that range.
>
> I always had mixed feelings about it, though: don't you worry after a
> while about all of the kernel updates that you haven't applied?
>
> David
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:21:41AM +0000, Mark Krenz wrote:
>
>> suso@hector ~ $ uptime
>> 02:58:33 up 700 days, 22:53, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
>>
>> Hector is the router on the old Suso network. So it does do a fair
>> amount of work. Unfortunately, I'll have to turn it off to move it to
>> the new network this week.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mark Krenz
>> Bloomington Linux Users Group
>> http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
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>
> Subject:
> Re: [BLUG] Uptime wars
> From:
> Matt Standish <mstandish@gmail.com>
> Date:
> Mon, 2 Mar 2009 09:28:19 -0500
> To:
> Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
>
> To:
> Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> CC:
>
>
> I had an HP-UX machine reach ~800 days before. I had to reboot/reload
> from tape after it was owned. After that I no longer cared about
> uptime.
>
>
> On Sun, Mar 1, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Mark Krenz <mark@slugbug.org> wrote:
>
>> suso@hector ~ $ uptime
>> 02:58:33 up 700 days, 22:53, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
>>
>> Hector is the router on the old Suso network. So it does do a fair
>> amount of work. Unfortunately, I'll have to turn it off to move it to
>> the new network this week.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mark Krenz
>> Bloomington Linux Users Group
>> http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
>> _______________________________________________
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>> http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug
>>
>>
>
>
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>
> Subject:
> Re: [BLUG] Uptime wars
> From:
> Steven Black <blacks@indiana.edu>
> Date:
> Mon, 2 Mar 2009 10:42:11 -0500
> To:
> Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
>
> To:
> Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> CC:
>
>
> blacks@bell:~$ uptime
> 10:33am up 1088 days 12:52, 7 users, load average: 0.22, 0.34, 0.31
>
> This is a Solaris 7 running on end-of-lifed hardware. We fully expect
> that if it ever goes down it just won't be coming back up. We're in the
> process of migrating from it.
>
> Since that isn't running Linux, I felt obliged to mention the next one.
>
> (omitted):~$ uptime
> 10:33:50 up 1058 days, 23:35, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
>
> This is a log vault. No ports open outside multiple firewalls. Only
> two user accounts. The whole bit.
>
> Cheers,
> Steven Black
>
> On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:21:41AM +0000, Mark Krenz wrote:
>
>> suso@hector ~ $ uptime
>> 02:58:33 up 700 days, 22:53, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
>>
>> Hector is the router on the old Suso network. So it does do a fair
>> amount of work. Unfortunately, I'll have to turn it off to move it to
>> the new network this week.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mark Krenz
>> Bloomington Linux Users Group
>> http://www.bloomingtonlinux.org/
>> _______________________________________________
>> BLUG mailing list
>> BLUG@linuxfan.com
>> http://mailman.cs.indiana.edu/mailman/listinfo/blug
>>
>
>
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>
> Subject:
> Re: [BLUG] Uptime wars
> From:
> Mark Krenz <mark@slugbug.org>
> Date:
> Mon, 2 Mar 2009 15:55:33 +0000
> To:
> Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
>
> To:
> Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> CC:
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:42:11PM GMT, Steven Black [blacks@indiana.edu] said the following:
>
>> blacks@bell:~$ uptime
>> 10:33am up 1088 days 12:52, 7 users, load average: 0.22, 0.34, 0.31
>>
>
> Wow, that's only a week away from 3 years. I guess you win. There are
> some people online who report uptimes of 4-6 years though.
>
>
>
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>
> Subject:
> Re: [BLUG] Uptime wars
> From:
> Steven Black <blacks@indiana.edu>
> Date:
> Mon, 2 Mar 2009 11:43:32 -0500
> To:
> Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
>
> To:
> Bloomington LINUX Users Group <blug@cs.indiana.edu>
> CC:
>
>
> On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:55:33PM +0000, Mark Krenz wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Mar 02, 2009 at 03:42:11PM GMT, Steven Black [blacks@indiana.edu] said the following:
>>
>>> blacks@bell:~$ uptime
>>> 10:33am up 1088 days 12:52, 7 users, load average: 0.22, 0.34, 0.31
>>>
>> Wow, that's only a week away from 3 years. I guess you win. There are
>> some people online who report uptimes of 4-6 years though.
>>
>
> Yeah, I know in the grand scheme of things, I'm just a small fry.
>
> I always heard rumors that it was the BSD folks that managed the truly
> huge uptimes.
>
> In Linux it is possible, but you need to be careful that you've compiled
> your kernel to only use absolutely the features you need, and then you
> need to monitor the kernel security issues. Then once the system has
> been up a nice long while you have the added concern that if you do
> encounter a security concern that effects you, the rest of the system is
> then old enough that you need to either back-port security fixes to the
> earlier kernel line, or you need to upgrade the whole OS.
>
> Personally, I wish my uptime was smaller than this. I'm in the process
> of migrating all my systems to Ubuntu LTS. I really like the prospect of
> knowing exactly when the next release will be available. The short-term
> releases can be used as early betas for the next LTS release, so you can
> be aware of upcoming major issues with internal software well before
> the OS is actually released. (Sometimes when software is being phased
> out, or certain libraries are being updated it can cause quite a bit of
> concern if you are not prepared.)
>
> Cheers,
> Steven Black
>
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