[NTLUG:Discuss] Uptimes

[Greg Edwards]

Steve Baker wrote:
> 
> Greg Edwards wrote:
> >
> > Just wanted to pass along some numbers that M$ would love to be able to
> > brag about:)  I've got 3 systems, 1 workstation and 2 servers, that I'll
> > be doing an upgrade to next week so my uptimes will get reset.  All 3 of
> > these are running Mandrake 7.1 and I'll be going to Mandrake 8.0.
> >
> >   Athlon K7 Workstation   7:28pm  up 188 days,  3:37
> >   Cyrix PR200 Web server  7:29pm  up 62 days, 20:37
> >   AMD K6-2 Network server 7:30pm  up 226 days, 20:45
> >


> 
> What I find most impressive is not so much server uptimes but desktop machines
> used for software development.  A server runs a relatively small range
> of packages in a fairly repetitive way - and hence the individual programs
> tend to be reliable and don't stress the OS too much.
> 

This workstation is even used to run Win98 as a VMware guest OS.  Try as
it might not even Win98 has been able to bring this brute down:)

-- 
Greg Edwards
New Age Software, Inc.
http://www.nas-inet.com