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"The servers are timed to shut down after 49.7 days of use in order to prevent a data overload" Sounds like improperly designed software and it's not the first
by cstejerean 19y ago
"The servers are timed to shut down after 49.7 days of use in order to prevent a data overload"
Sounds like improperly designed software and it's not the first time I've seen people try to sell solutions that require a periodic reboot to cover up for poorly written code. Why in the world does a system in charge of air traffic control need to be rebooted every 2 months?
- ComputerGuru 19y agoMore importantly, sounds like MS is not really to blame.
- cstejerean 19y agoI would have loved to say "that's what happens when you switch from UNIX to Windows servers" but you're right, it doesn't look like it's caused by Microsoft.
- gojomo 19y ago[49.7 days in milliseconds] 49.7 days = 4 294 080 000 milliseconds [2^32] 2^32 = 4 294 967 296 It's not 'data overload' but overflow of an unsigned 32-bit int time field they're worried about.
- allenbrunson 19y agoit almost certainly has to do with the win32 function GetTickCount(), which rolls over every 49.7 days http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GetTickCount http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GetTickCount
- chrisbolt 19y agoDidn't Windows 95 have a bug where it would crash after 49.7 days because the counter used to keep track of its uptime overflowed?
- smhinsey 19y agoi don't think that's true. good luck getting a machine to stay up that long, but it's definitely possible.