How long can linux run

benjaminrtz · 09-16-2002, 09:19 AM

How long can linux run nonstop

NSKL · 09-16-2002, 09:28 AM

As long as you need

-NSKL

MasterC · 09-16-2002, 09:35 AM

http://counter.li.org/reports/uptimestats.php

Alot of them list uptimes of 100 days or more.

Also you can check out your favorite website's uptime at www.netcraft.com For the example, I chose LQ:
http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/graph/...xquestions.org

Cool

zLinuxz · 09-16-2002, 11:02 AM

I don't get it...where does it say:

This Linux Server has been Up for: XX days since last reboot

???, the site is extremely vague!! Can't they have something simple like this sentence above?

MasterC · 09-16-2002, 12:01 PM

he he he, well on the side of the graph it says "days since reboot" if that helps.

COol

AMDPwred · 09-16-2002, 12:07 PM

Some of our servers have been up for over 300 days. Most of them are Solaris, but we do have some internal RedHat boxes.

stickman · 09-16-2002, 12:22 PM

And then you have to think... "When was the last time this system has been patched?" Granted, not every patch requires a reboot, but some of them definitely do (especially those kernel patches). I hope that people aren't sacrificing security or system integrity for a cool uptime.

NSKL · 09-16-2002, 12:33 PM

Wasn't lthe longest "official" uptijme something like 18 months. In the corner of my mind i remember reading something like that...
-NSKL

nautilus_1987 · 09-16-2002, 12:36 PM

Yeah Linux is power, not as winbloze

I remeber I couldn't even leave win to stay alone for 30 minutes ( it began to works so slowly.......ugh)
But Linux can stay as long as I want an everything is OK

that is it

nxny · 09-16-2002, 01:11 PM

http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html

zLinuxz · 09-16-2002, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by MasterC
he he he, well on the side of the graph it says "days since reboot" if that helps.

COol

brotha, what's .67 days?? 24 hours x 0.67 days=??
and the Max is 2.00 days?, is that it?

zLinuxz · 09-16-2002, 06:36 PM

My Gkrellm meter says right now 89:04 hours and counting!!, does this mean my personal computer has been on for longer than the LQ server??, woa! how coool!!! or rather that website should make a better display of the days the systems have been up and running for!!!!!!!!!,

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MasterC · 09-16-2002, 06:46 PM

Actually it only records specific websites sometimes. If you read the docs on the site, it says that it will "probe" a site once it's requested, then when it's requested again (if it's in a reasonable amount of time) it will show uptimes. If the site is constantly asked for, it will go in their "always probed" pile.

So it's not necessarily accurate about LQ maybe.

As for me, the longest uptime I ever had was 10 days, I went on vacation

Cool

zLinuxz · 09-16-2002, 07:27 PM

ahhhhh, it's all good now then,

cool man...the longest for me is maybe....err 2 weeks...and when I came back my computer was like overworked...not Linux but the physical components of the computer....like the metal was beginning to melt, heheheh, NOT good! (this was on my old computer dual 600mhz)

LinuzRulz · 09-16-2002, 07:35 PM

IT guy at work says 14 0r 15 months for our Red Hat box.