Frank Zimmermann wrote: > > >Just curious how long people have left their system running without reboot. > >I once left my server at a co-locate for over 3 months and it ran fine. In > >three years, I have never had to reboot because of crash. > > > >I have rebooted about once every 3 to 4 months (guessing average) after > >maintenance. This was voluntary, not necessary. I don't run X either > >(dedicated server mail/ftp/web). Anyone have any really long times for X > >and non-X systems? > > > >Paul > > > > > > As long as your talking about servers this uptime thing is ok, but > when talking about workstaions it's redicolous, premature and an > unjustifiable waste of natural resources. I sometimes think Linux > users just do this to show their Windows using friends how cool they > are. > > I shut down my machines at the end of the day. > > Frank
I agree. It's not like this has to be proven any longer. Linux will basically run forever unless interrupted by power failure or hardware failure. Tom
