Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 1 Sep 2000 14:13:53 -0700 | From | Matthew Dharm <> | Subject | Re: MTBF data for linux |
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Whoops! Think-o. I meant I'm running 2.2.5 for over 400 days.
Matt
On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 01:45:25PM -0700, Matthew Dharm wrote: > I agree that the MTBF can be very misleading... > > But put it this way: My server ran 2.2.14 for over 400 days before I > rebooted it. It was down for about 5 minutes while rebooting (probably > less). > > My NT Server gets a nightly reboot. I can't get it to run for more than a > week without it developing _some_ problem. > > Mind you, on both of these systems, nobody is doing any development/kernel > hacking/anything. They're just mail/www/ftp/dns/login (for linux) servers. > To a first order approximation, they're basically the same hardware, both > protected by a UPS. > > Matt > > On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 10:38:54PM +0200, Igmar Palsenberg wrote: > > On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Jim Garlick wrote: > > > > > Can someone point me to MTBF data for Linux? I realize this is kind of > > > vague. Ideally I would like MTBF for kernel 2.2.14 running on SMP Alpha, > > > but any data is better than nothing. This is to help win an argument to > > > put linux on a large cluster. Thanks in advance. > > > > MTBF is something that says shit. depends on hardware, what the machine > > does, if it has a UPS, etc, etc, etc, etc. > > > > This machine is running 2 years without problems. > > > > > Jim Garlick > > > > > > Igmar > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > -- > Matthew Dharm Home: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net > Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver > > M: No, Windows doesn't have any nag screens. > C: Then what are those blue and white screens I get every day? > -- Mike and Cobb > User Friendly, 1/4/1999 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
-- Matthew Dharm Home: mdharm-usb@one-eyed-alien.net Maintainer, Linux USB Mass Storage Driver
I'm just trying to think of a way to say "up yours" without getting fired. -- Stef User Friendly, 10/8/1998 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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