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Date:      Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:47:38 +0100
From:      "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" <listsub@401.cx>
To:        twig les <twigles@yahoo.com>
Cc:        freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: uptime 4.0
Message-ID:  <3FCDB13A.90006@401.cx>
In-Reply-To: <20031202214020.92210.qmail@web60410.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20031202214020.92210.qmail@web60410.mail.yahoo.com>

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twig les wrote:
> I have to ask...
> What about patching?  My boxes are stripped down but eventually
> need a patch and subsequent reboot.  That said I do have one 4.6
> box at 267 (firewalled, very protected network).
> 
> --- Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg <listsub@401.cx> wrote:
>>I've seen 650+ days on a FreeBSD 4.4-REL. Then someone was
>>moving some 
>>UPS's around and managed to unplugg *both* powersupplies at
>>the same 
>>time. Redundancy doesnt help if the admins are idiots.
>>
>>I do know of a P90 running OpenBSD that is closing in on 900
>>days, but I 
>>guess that belongs on another mailinglist.
>>
>>--
>>R

These boxes are just bridges without a IP address of their own. They 
are impossible to access other then via local console, so there is 
no need to patch them other then for functionality.

The boxes I admin that are reachable via ip rarely sees more then 
~50 days of uptime.

--
R




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