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The last time it rebooted was due to a power glitch at the data center. Came back up just fine. Prior to that, uptime was over 1,000 days :-)
by excitom 13y ago
The last time it rebooted was due to a power glitch at the data center. Came back up just fine. Prior to that, uptime was over 1,000 days :-)
- Amadou 13y agoYou don't understand his point. He's saying, how do you know that the system hasn't acquired some sort of configuration/software/hardware degradation in the meantime that only manifests on boot? If you don't regularly exercise/test a critical function, then you substantially increase your risk that the critical function will fail when you really do need it. Q: What's the worst time to find out your system won't boot? A: Right after it crashed. You are better off with scheduled maintenance periods where you can reboot the server and it isn't critical if it fails. That gives you a chance to correct anything on your terms rather than fire-fighting.
- eru 13y agoCompare Crash-Only Software (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash-only_software https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash-only_software or https://lwn.net/Articles/191059/ https://lwn.net/Articles/191059/).