Working late tonight on a customers box, just noted something interesting:
[t asterisk]# uptime 02:29:11 up 392 days, 30 min, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 [1.net asterisk]#
This is a machine that runs 200k minutes a month.
Asterisk and CentOS just keep on running.
(Machine was built with trixbox 2.6.05 originally...Still running original Kernel)
Scott
aka "Skyking"
Machine specs ?
It's a common "bad" practice to never reboot a server. You should always schedule a reboot every once in a while so that you know that any startup scripts, etc. are still functioning.
Some 24/7 call centers that are setup with asterisk cannot afford reboots...
We have a really really old SCO server for our old accounts system thats been runing for years talking 6+, TBH I'm too scared to restart it lmao.
...It's a common "bad" practice to never reboot a server.
I too have a long running linux server that is showing: Uptime: 311 days 18 hours 22 minutes
...And it runs flawlessly! If this were a Windows box OMG! What a mess we would have had long ago! Of course we would have to reboot for updates of all kinds. I have never seen, nor do I expect or believe 99.9% uptime or 24/7-365 is a reality in the Windows (server 2003 + included) world but I do see this often in the Linux world!
I believe the only time you really need to reboot a Linux box is when you have to update the kernel or do some other major file system change and that periodic reboots are simply not necessary.
John
How about this:
[root@asterisk1 ~]# uptime
18:32:48 up 744 days, 20:00, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.02
[root@asterisk1 ~]#
This is actually A@H 2.8
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