[ale] uptime?

[Wandered Inn]

Bao Ha wrote:
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-ale at ale.org [mailto:owner-ale at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jim
> > Popovitch
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 9:53 PM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [ale] uptime?
> > .....
> > I have to object to your examples of stable WinNT 'systems'.  WINS &
> > DNS are minor (majorly minor) apps.  You might have a leg to stand on
> > if you could say the same thing about a WinNT webserver (IIS or
> > Apache), and more so if it was one that did something productive.
> 
> NT/IIS 4/SP4: hosting more than 30 web sites.
> 
> It is about as stable as its two Linux siblings, almost a year!
> 
> I also have a Linux server crashed and burned at least once a week.
> Well, it is running Debian (unstable) Sid.  I have been doing for
> more than three years. And last month is the first time I
> understand why it deserves the label "unstable".
> 
> I was also the admin of an NT 4/SP4 running Kana's Silknet 100K+
> CRM package last summer.  That poor thing died almost everyday
> for three months.
> 
> So, uptime still means S**T!!!

I still disagree.  Everyone that has posted problems with Linux uptimes,
have added various caveats, as you noted, running an unstable version. 
Other's mentioned hardware issues.

I'll tell you this, if you stick enough hardware and software on NT
you'll bring it down.  I tried to convince one of the NT admins to
install mail server on our NT web server.  He told me that Microsoft
recommends not to run two 'mission critical' apps on a single machine. 
Now whether this is because they want to sell another NT license or
because they know it can't deal with it I don't know.

My personal experience with NT servers and desktop machines (over the
past 5 years) has been, as noted, if you add enough software/hardware,
NT will go brain dead.

Regarding your web services noted above, # of web sites is not
benchmark, hits/day and complexity of the services (cgi?) would be more
useful.

> 
> Bao
> 
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