[svlug] 99.99% uptime... - false impression ???

[Alvin Oga]

hi ya bill....

> On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 06:50:23PM -0700, kmself at ix.netcom.com wrote:
> > Now  : 43 day(s), 23:41:16 running Linux 2.2.17
> > One  : 56 day(s), 18:48:11 running Linux 2.2.14, ended Tue Aug  8 05:47:43 2000
> > Two  : 44 day(s), 19:44:42 running Linux 2.2.14, ended Wed Apr 19 01:26:29 2000
> > Three: 43 day(s), 23:40:01 running Linux 2.2.17, ended Mon Oct 16 18:07:04 2000

hummmm....but is nice to see...

> I just have to brag about our company web server (which I'm writing this
> email on):
> 
> $ uptime
>  10:37pm  up 281 days,  6:49,  7 users,  load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00
> 
> ...and before that it was up for some ridiculously long length of time
> (maybe 3-6 months?) before the power in the co-lo facility went out.  :)

and how many times was the server taken down to single user mode ???

- does going down to single user mode....( vs reboot ) count as
  uptime or downtime  for whatever needed to be done ????
	- kill some hung processes...
	- reset the wacky network...

	- does it make a difference if the average load is 0.01 or 1.xx
	( think it depends if one user or 10 users )
		- 10 users are lot worst than 1 user using it for equiv load

=== i rolled the kernel clock over its "max number of time slots" ???
=== ( forgot the terminology ).... but it was up past 450+ days ????
	- including a nice/noisy 5 mile ride in the car with no 110VAC but was on ups
	-
	- beep...beep...beep...beep...beep....beep....beep.... that was annoying

c ya
alvin