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"So to run something that doesn't require 24/7 support I now have to run a cluster of servers." My two most recent uptimes for my personal FreeBSD mail+web ser
by rsync 9y ago
"So to run something that doesn't require 24/7 support I now have to run a cluster of servers."
My two most recent uptimes for my personal FreeBSD mail+web server were each over 1200 days.
My current months sent-mail folder stretched back for years - which is to say, my (al)pine process itself was 3+ years old.
No, you don't need a cluster of servers for your personal mail server.
- pyre 9y agoIsn't this like saying: > "I've never personally experienced a BSOD in Windows ME, so obviously it's incredibly stable. Those other people are just doing something wrong."
- korethr 9y agoHonestly, when Windows 9x would crash, it was because something was doing something wrong. Drivers and legacy mode programs written and running under the no-longer-true assumption that they're the only program running on the computer will absolutely wreck your day when they poke in places they don't belong and do things they shouldn't. And if you got rid of those misbehaving programs, Win9x got a lot more stable. I used to have crashes all the time. Then one day I got the bright idea to actually read and understand the error code when the computer crashed. I did a few web searches to demystify the error code and its cause, and ripped out the software firewall I was running. And that was the end of my bluescreen troubles. Now, if you want to argue about poorly designed tools and environments that make it all too easy to do the wrong thing, then I think that would be a valid and productive argument.