From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 15 10:13:49 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCACB106569B for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:13:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from mail.unitedinsong.com.au (202-172-126-254.cpe.qld-1.comcen.com.au [202.172.126.254]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6806A8FC13 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:13:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rock_on_the_web@comcen.com.au) Received: from [192.168.0.185] (unknown [192.168.0.185]) by mail.unitedinsong.com.au (Postfix) with ESMTP id EED4C4069 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:13:57 +1000 (EST) From: Da Rock To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:16:13 +1000 Message-Id: <1224065773.3458.25.camel@laptop1.herveybayaustralia.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-5.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: uptime 2 years! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 10:13:49 -0000 On Thu, 2008-10-09 at 10:52 -0400, Mikel King wrote: > On Oct 8, 2008, at 9:00 PM, Chad Marshall wrote: > > > No Problem, I figured that there are other systems out there with a > > longer uptime. I have this server as a postfix/courier-imap/ > > squirrelmail (60+ accounts and 30-40 forwards) mailserver with > > apache/php/mysql. Also use it as a slave authoritative nameserver > > for over 100 zones (one zone with a 60sec TTL on a high volume > > production website) as well. Plus use it as a primary nameserver for > > our entire office (300+ workstations). I was lazy with it (Upgrading > > or Replacing) and when it hit a year, I decided to hold off doing > > anything with it as I wanted to see how long I could let it go. > > It's a celeron 2.4ghz server with 512m Ram and has been a champ > > server in it's performance and stability. I use CentOS for most of > > my other systems and find that as easy as it is for administration > > and upgrading, it lacks FreeBSD's performance. With the memory leaks > > that CentOS has, I usually have to end up restarting the > > machine(s). With FreeBSD I can just restart the services, and got > > my memory back and reduce the amount of swap being used. > > > > Regardless of the first email I got back (Which was a little rude), > > I will continue to run this server as long as I can and monitor the > > security risks using DenyHosts and other security measures. > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > On Oct 8, 2008, at 3:39 PM, Frank Shute wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Oct 08, 2008 at 08:54:47AM -0700, Chad Marshall wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Would like to share a success story which I'm sure you've had in the > >>> past but one of my servers running FreeBSD will have an uptime of 2 > >>> years tomorrow. I plan on putting on my blog but as it doesn't have > >>> much reach but wanted to share with you since your community has > >>> made > >>> this possible. Please indicate where I could post this to have a bit > >>> more reach or if you'd like to put a link to my blog, I'd be more > >>> than > >>> happy to provide that. > >>> > >>> > >>> Best Regards, > >>> > >> > >> Sorry to rain on your parade: > >> > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-chat/2008-October/005719.html > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> -- > >> > >> Frank > >> > >> > > I think this is good news, and thanks for posting it. While it may not > be a record holder, from an advocacy point of view it's nice to see. > It means there one more rock solid server out there. Here, here...