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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: dimamantra on Sun, 03 May 2015, 18:58:37
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Call it a highdea, but it seems like an interesting question. It always seems like I end up doing a reboot every month or 2. I've seen boxes at work running for 100+ days.
What about you guys?
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We have a machine at one of our locations that has been running since 2007, 3 reboots during that period, last one was in 2011. Next time I am there I'll get a picture of the log. It's some version of Suse iirc.
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i dont have a linux server
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Without rebooting? It's not unusual to see them up for 300+ days at a time.
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i dont have a linux server
Thank you for your input
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Are you rebooting because you need to, or for some other reason?
I've only run mine for 2-3 months because I shut it down when I'll be away for a longer stretch of time (usually a 4-5 day span is enough for me to shut it down). I also only am running the server when I'm at school, because we have a small NAS box at home that has the same media library and there's no point in having two boxes serving the same content in a small household.
In the time I've used my server, the only stability problems I ever encountered were related to a flaky power supply.
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I run a VPS for quick file hosting, IRC, and web hosting.
I usually reboot when an update prompts me to although sometimes I ignore it for weeks at a time.
Uptime:
23:18:18 up 42 days, 6:02, 4 users
Are you rebooting because you need to, or for some other reason?
I've only run mine for 2-3 months because I shut it down when I'll be away for a longer stretch of time (usually a 4-5 day span is enough for me to shut it down). I also only am running the server when I'm at school, because we have a small NAS box at home that has the same media library and there's no point in having two boxes serving the same content in a small household.
In the time I've used my server, the only stability problems I ever encountered were related to a flaky power supply.
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my three linux servers at work all hit 365 days last week. we're moving buildings in a couple of months though so... alas, there will go my uptime.
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I've seen a few with a couple years on 'em at work. But usually less than a year.
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The longest running device I had was my OpenWRT router with 1 year, then it was time to update to the new distro version.
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Not mine and not linux, but still impressive (http://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=1199529).
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I have 2 or 3 servers which have been up for over 2 years iirc. I'm going to have to check to make sure later tonite.
edit: here we go http://imgur.com/a/q5qRj (one machine with 1243 days uptime, it's an app server). i know there are others in that range, but didn't want to ssh into each to check uptime.
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I'm inspired to never reboot my VPS ever again.
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I'm inspired to never reboot my VPS ever again.
As long as your kernel doesn't support live patching, please reboot to install updates.
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Not me, but my dad had a server running in the basement that stayed live for around 4 years without a reboot.
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a year maybe. my wife plugged it out when we went on vacation. have hid it now(its a pi). and im hoping for a five year run now atleast.
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Back in the late '90s some friends used to have a web and email server in a Linux tower box. They had set up an email forwarding service for me (I had a really short email address), but eventually I tended to use it less and less. After a few years I lost touch with them. I think the last time I met one of them was ten years ago now.
Then last year, I found myself at a party at an office. I found myself in a server room, and lo and behold... there stood the old server, chugging along. The fans rattled like hell though. I checked the web address right now, and yep.. it is still up. :)
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Back in the late '90s some friends used to have a web and email server in a Linux tower box. They had set up an email forwarding service for me (I had a really short email address), but eventually I tended to use it less and less. After a few years I lost touch with them. I think the last time I met one of them was ten years ago now.
Then last year, I found myself at a party at an office. I found myself in a server room, and lo and behold... there stood the old server, chugging along. The fans rattled like hell though. I checked the web address right now, and yep.. it is still up. :)
You know what the time is? Sounds a lot like 6000 days as well. I just hope the server doesn't do anything important now and isn't connected to the internet :rolleyes:
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I'm inspired to never reboot my VPS ever again.
As long as your kernel doesn't support live patching, please reboot to install updates.
Since it is a VPS and is facing the internet. I will reboot :)
I've got one of those old Asus Netbooks that I've converted to a small server.
Been running for a few months now. I think I'll use this one for my world record run :p