In some mail from Jason DiCioccio, sie said:
>
> From: "Darren Reed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: non-random IP IDs
>
>
> > How long has your box been up ? How many changes to the system config
> > have been made since then ? If you're not there, and it reboots, will
> > it come up 100% functional ? Do your computers need some amount of
> > preventative maintenance like internal cleaning to deal with dust build
> > up, etc ?
>
> I don't know very many if any people that take their machines off the rack
> just to clean dust out of the case.
>
> > How many times do unscheduled reboots result in hardware not
> > spinning back up and at an inconevient time ?
>
> This would happen regardless of when/if you rebooted it.
If you plan for these events (usually outside business hours) then it is
generally less painful to deal with them.
[...]
> > None of my personal boxes have uptimes that ever exceed 6 months, even
> my
> > servers, but I have complete confidence in them rebooting and services
> being
> > restarted (modulo file system damage from an unclean shutdown).
>
> softupdates should take care of this, and as far as HD trouble, if you're
> system is really that important then mirror your disks.
Really ?
Darren
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