Hi, to come back to the point: we have some servers here in the company that are up for over 400 days now (linux, aix, hp-ux)... so there's really no reason to reboot until you have to do maintenance on kernel / hardware - even better if you have hot-pluggable hardware (hd's, ac-adapters, there are even hot-pluggable ram & processors), then you can even do maintenance on hardware without downtime.
greetings, vitaminx 2009/6/27 AG <computing.acco...@googlemail.com> Allen Kenner wrote: > > AG wrote: > > > Hello list > > I'm running Squeeze on a desktop and so far have an uptime of some 11d. > I am just curious whether or not there is any guidance/ advice on how > long uptimes should be allowed to be run, or whether it is wise to shut > down and reboot? > > > Are you by chance coming from Windows? ;) > > > > Only when at work - at home, most assuredly not ... at least, not since > 2001 anyway. > > I'm thinking "wise" as from the perspective of the system and its > overall functioning, etc. By way of comparison, I have a headless > OpenBSD box running nothing but firewall and router and it is a > workhorse - just keeps on going and going. I'm sure I have clocked > uptimes of 90+ days on that without a problem. > > > Open BSD and Debian are similar in terms of stability. I personally > think OpenBSD is crap and the guy doing it is a totally arrogant jerk, > and not in the self respectable way but that's just me. > > That's an interesting opinion, and certainly not one that I've come across > before (about OBSD, not de Raadt, who I couldn't comment on). I was under > the impression that OBSD was considered one of the best OSs for security, > due to the security audit of all lines of code, automatic lockdown of > services by default, and strong encryption, as well as the OBSD's team > uncompromising stance on openness, etc. So just interesting to hear such an > apparently widly divergent opinion on the OS. > > I use FreeBSD > instead for BSDs as it's closer to the stuff from Berkeley, > > > Yeah, FreeBSD has always interested me, but I have yet to try it. Maybe > once I've finished my current project and have some time on my hands, I may > well look to dual boot FreeBSD and Debian, just to see if there's any > difference. Are there any issues regarding UID flags for /home for example > on a shared Debian/ FreeBSD machine, if both OSs try to access the same > directory? > > <snip> > > I rarely reboot ever. One of the things that made me use Linux and BSD > to begin with was me being tired of rebooting for a MEDIA PLAYER! I > couldn't believe I had to reboot for it, and got fed up. Now, I reboot > only to add hardware. (I use FreeBSD, Slackware, SUSE, Mandriva, Debian, > and Solaris). > > > Aaah Slackware ... I still have fondness for Slackware and enjoyed using > it from 8.1 to 11.0 However, I confess to having become quite spoiled by > the package management system of Debian (and I suspect that FreeBSD and > Gentoo are similar with ports and portage respectively). > > Cheers > > AG > > > -- www ... http://www.callistix.net/ mail ... vitam...@callistix.net irc ... #chezpaeule @ euirc mud ... vitaminx @ aardmud -- www ... http://www.callistix.net/ mail ... vitam...@callistix.net irc ... #chezpaeule @ euirc mud ... vitaminx @ aardmud
