[Info-vax] Uptime for OpenVMS

[Bob Eager]

On Wed, 11 May 2011 18:09:41 +0000, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:

> John Wallace <johnwallace4 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> (snip)
>> I noticed that too, then later I read he said it was meant to be a
>> joke? Any real system with load averages of 0.0 (as this one appeared
>> to have) over an extended period would be a joke too.
> 
> FreeBSD strange 3.3-RELEASE FreeBSD 3.3-RELEASE #0: Fri Apr 21 23:40:33
> PDT 2000
>      root at strange:/usr/home/src/sys/compile/gah  i386
> 
>  2:46PM  up 311 days, 12:04, 2 users, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> 
> It has been up more than 311 days, though I don't remember what happened
> 311 days ago.  This is my NAT router, home nameserver, and otherwise
> useful home host.  I sysgenned the kernel myself, as the generic one
> didn't include NAT at the time.  Other than power outages, it could have
> been running 11 years.
> 
> The load is normally pretty low, even when NAT is keeping it busy.

Yup, I have one like that. It only ever gets rebooted for extended power 
outages or system upgrades. I've done well over a year on occasion. 
Doesn't even have a proper disk - just a CF card. Custom (small) kernel 
etc., uses RAMdisk as a web cache.

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