[Info-vax] Uptime for OpenVMS

[seasoned_geek]

On May 11, 11:23 am, Johnny Billquist <b... at softjar.se> wrote:
> On 2011-05-11 07.09, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
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> > In article<d768c138-27f6-40fb-8248-57a4e5aea... at y31g2000vbp.googlegroups.com>,
> >    BillPedersen<peder... at ccsscorp.com>  writes:
> >> On May 10, 2:54 pm, abrsvc<dansabrservi... at yahoo.com>  wrote:
> >>> This is the best so far at my current site.  This would be longer had
> >>> we not moved datacenters...
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> >>> OpenVMS V7.1-2  on node xxx  10-MAY-2011 13:52:46.60  Uptime  842
> >>> 20:38:06
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> >>> Can anyone beat this?
> >> It has always been great to have these long and productive uptimes on
> >> OpenVMS.
> >> While there has not been the determination of the exact criteria for
> >> evaluation everyone should know that there will be an "Availability
> >> Award" presented at this year's Connect OpenVMS Boot Camp at the
> >> Sheraton Needham in September.  Sue Skonetski is working with the HP
> >> OpenVMS organization to define the criteria.  Once it is defined we
> >> will make sure to publish so people can submit their sites for
> >> consideration.
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> > server1# uname -a
> > FreeBSD server1.cs.uofs.edu 6.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 6.1-RELEASE #0: Sun May  7 04:42:56 UTC 2006     r... at opus.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SMP  i386
> > server1# uptime
> >   9:05AM  up 4914 days, 19:54, 1 user, load averages: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
> > server1#
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> > What do I win?
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> How did you get near 5000 days from a system built 5 years ago? There is
> only about 1800 days in 5 years...
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>         Johnny

And now you understand why a degree from his school isn't worth the
roll of Charmin it is printed on.