[ale] uptime?

[Jeff Hubbs]

To this day, I have yet to see a Linux machine just UUURRRRRP for anything
other than a hardware problem (incl. overheating).  My "personal best"
uptime has been 182 days, terminated only because the system had to be
moved.  

As far as practical meaning of high uptime is concerned, one factor involves
the use of Linux as the basis of routers, firewalls, DNS,
fax/print/file/terminal servers.  You want to see a bunch of angry people?
Drop any of those services in a busy organization.  

With respect to Samba, one of the lesser election criteria for local master
browser on a Windows network is uptime - a contest that my little P/120
Samba server used to win handily and routinely.

- Jeff  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert L. Harris [mailto:Robert.L.Harris at rnd-consulting.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 12:34 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: [ale] uptime?
> 
> 
> 
> 
>   Was watching a discussion the other day.  Someone made a snide 
> anti-linux comment about everyone pro-linux being so 
> impressed by uptimes
> and how useless they were.
> 
> 
>   At anyrate, I started wondering what good is an uptime in 
> reality?  I'd
> like to know a real good use for it.  You can caluculate how since the
> last crash, etc.  I have my own reasons, but what are other 
> good uses for
> this information?
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> :wq!
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> -------------
> Robert L. Harris                |  Micros~1 :  
> Senior System Engineer          |    For when quality, reliability 
>   at RnD Consulting             |      and security just aren't
>                                 \_       that important!
> DISCLAIMER:
>       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
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