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Uptime record?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Dec 29, 1998
From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: System Administrator <admin@intergrafix.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: Linux-2.2.0 (pre1)

> anybody know the record uptime for 1 machine running Linux?
> just curious

 4:38pm  up 62 days, 19:01,  1 user,  load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00

doesnt sound a lot does it - except for one thing, that machine has been
around its 490+ day timer wrap, and then on for 62 days. (Prior to that lot
it was on about 440 days when it was turned off for UPS maintenance)

It sits in a machine room with proper ventiliation attached to a wardrobe
sized UPS and running DNS and until recently also dialup ports.

Alan

Web Webster

Web Webster

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