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Title: uptime
Post by: InflatableMouse on February 06, 2014, 02:26:33 am: Can you beat this?

;D
Title: Re: uptime
Post by: glynor on February 06, 2014, 12:06:04 pm: No, but of course, I'm on Windows or OSX, which could never make it that long without a reboot-required update being pushed.
Title: Re: uptime
Post by: JimH on February 06, 2014, 12:51:11 pm: A little under 6 years was our best.
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=34320.msg234262#msg234262
Title: Re: uptime
Post by: MrC on February 06, 2014, 01:59:03 pm: I wonder how many bits have rotted since that boot?
Title: Re: uptime
Post by: jmone on February 06, 2014, 02:20:34 pm: Over 10years and the thing has never been off? :o + what computing device is still "useful" after 10 years? Garage Door Opener?
Amazed
Nathan
Title: Re: uptime
Post by: InflatableMouse on February 06, 2014, 03:34:13 pm: Quote from: jmone on February 06, 2014, 02:20:34 pm
Over 10years and the thing has never been off? :o + what computing device is still "useful" after 10 years? Garage Door Opener?
Amazed
Nathan

Mail relay.
Title: Re: uptime
Post by: jmone on February 06, 2014, 06:24:24 pm: Wow and it still obviously keeps up (even with the growth of e-mail)? Is there a CPU in this relic or is it Tubes? ;D It reminds me of the Worlds Oldest Lightbulb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Light) and if it ain't broke.....
Title: Re: uptime
Post by: Hendrik on February 07, 2014, 01:36:34 am: I've never understood the obsession with high uptimes. It just means you run a old kernel riddled with security issues.
Title: Re: uptime
Post by: InflatableMouse on February 07, 2014, 01:37:29 am: It's a Sun Netra T1 105 which has an UltraSPARC IIi 440.0 MHz CPU and max 1GB memory. There are 2 spares hanging under a desk behind me, just in case I suppose :P.
Title: Re: uptime
Post by: InflatableMouse on February 07, 2014, 02:09:02 am: Quote from: Hendrik on February 07, 2014, 01:36:34 am
I've never understood the obsession with high uptimes. It just means you run a old kernel riddled with security issues.

Dude you're boring ;)
Title: Re: uptime
Post by: jmone on February 07, 2014, 02:17:39 am: Quote from: InflatableMouse on February 07, 2014, 02:09:02 am
Dude you're boring ::).

Have you run up MC on it yet? ;D
Title: Re: uptime
Post by: InflatableMouse on February 07, 2014, 07:05:45 am: I would if I could but I'm afraid that Sparc CPU isn't x86 compatible >:(.