Title: uptime
Post by: Peter Motyka on 2002-10-11T13:21:19-05:00 (Friday)
Post by: Peter Motyka on 2002-10-11T13:21:19-05:00 (Friday)
What can I say... I am an uptime freak. I thought I would take this time to show off my recent feat in uptime world. My desktop windows 2000 machine has been purring like a kitten and still is after 19 days of running. I alway here people complaining about how often they need to reboot thier computers... I guess this shows that your computer system is as stable as you make it.
Check out the screenshot pmotykodesktop.jpg 153KB (http://caos.siue.edu/modules/my_egallery/index.php?do=showpic&pid=53&orderby=dateD)
Peter
Check out the screenshot pmotykodesktop.jpg 153KB (http://caos.siue.edu/modules/my_egallery/index.php?do=showpic&pid=53&orderby=dateD)
Peter
Title: Re:
Post by: Jerry on 2002-10-11T14:02:41-05:00 (Friday)
Post by: Jerry on 2002-10-11T14:02:41-05:00 (Friday)
Well, what about those times where my system decides its time for it to reboot on me? In that case I guess this would show that my computer system is as unstable as Microsoft chooses to make it. :-)
Quotepmotyko wrote:
I alway here people complaining about how often they need to reboot thier computers... I guess this shows that your computer system is as stable as you make it.
Peter
Title: Re:
Post by: William Grim on 2002-10-11T17:59:03-05:00 (Friday)
Post by: William Grim on 2002-10-11T17:59:03-05:00 (Friday)
Yeah, I've seen Win2K reboot on itself on my friends computer.
"Oh man, I'm about to win at StarCraft!" *Reboot* "WTF?! You fscking piece of {explicative}; I'm going to {explicative} beat your {explicative} {explicative} {explicative}!!!"
Yeah, that's about how my friend feels when his system reboots, and I know it's not the user. Something is weird about his computer.
"Oh man, I'm about to win at StarCraft!" *Reboot* "WTF?! You fscking piece of {explicative}; I'm going to {explicative} beat your {explicative} {explicative} {explicative}!!!"
Yeah, that's about how my friend feels when his system reboots, and I know it's not the user. Something is weird about his computer.
Title: Re:
Post by: Chris Swingler on 2002-10-11T18:22:31-05:00 (Friday)
Post by: Chris Swingler on 2002-10-11T18:22:31-05:00 (Friday)
Usually it's some hardware quirk. Bad driver, loose component, something overheating, bad stick 'o RAM. But it is annoying... I had a P200 that picked up this habit.
--Beanie
--Beanie
Title: Re:
Post by: Guest on 2002-10-12T22:35:05-05:00 (Saturday)
Post by: Guest on 2002-10-12T22:35:05-05:00 (Saturday)
Do you consider 19 days a long time?
jeff@yngwie:~$ uptime
10:44pm up 72 days, 15:04, 0 users, load average: 0.13, 0.07, 0.02
jeff@kunda:~$ uptime
11:10pm up 147 days, 15:09, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.06, 0.01
that whole 19 day thing is kind of cute :)
jeff@yngwie:~$ uptime
10:44pm up 72 days, 15:04, 0 users, load average: 0.13, 0.07, 0.02
jeff@kunda:~$ uptime
11:10pm up 147 days, 15:09, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.06, 0.01
that whole 19 day thing is kind of cute :)
Title: Re: you wanna talk UNIX uptime?
Post by: Peter Motyka on 2002-10-12T22:54:38-05:00 (Saturday)
Post by: Peter Motyka on 2002-10-12T22:54:38-05:00 (Saturday)
root@solar:~# uptime
10:54pm up 258 day(s), 12:56, 8 users, load average: 0.59, 1.32, 0.91
that is the server that runs this site :) nuff said...
It looks even sweeter in colour (http://caos.siue.edu/modules/my_egallery/index.php?do=showpic&pid=54&orderby=dateD)
Peter
10:54pm up 258 day(s), 12:56, 8 users, load average: 0.59, 1.32, 0.91
that is the server that runs this site :) nuff said...
It looks even sweeter in colour (http://caos.siue.edu/modules/my_egallery/index.php?do=showpic&pid=54&orderby=dateD)
Peter
Title: Re:
Post by: Guest on 2002-10-13T01:55:31-05:00 (Sunday)
Post by: Guest on 2002-10-13T01:55:31-05:00 (Sunday)
thats more like it :)
What exactly is this site run on anyway?
What exactly is this site run on anyway?
Title: Re: solar.cs
Post by: Peter Motyka on 2002-10-13T04:13:34-05:00 (Sunday)
Post by: Peter Motyka on 2002-10-13T04:13:34-05:00 (Sunday)
(http://solar.cs.siue.edu/images/solar.jpg)
solar.cs is the computer science department's sun server. We are running solaris 8 on a sun 220R enterprise box.
System specs:
dual ultrasparc II 450MHz cpus
2gb of memory
2 36gb 10k rpm scsi drives
Overall it is a pretty sweet system. It is used in CS434,CS414 and CS340 and to host our wonderful website :D
Peter
solar.cs is the computer science department's sun server. We are running solaris 8 on a sun 220R enterprise box.
System specs:
dual ultrasparc II 450MHz cpus
2gb of memory
2 36gb 10k rpm scsi drives
Overall it is a pretty sweet system. It is used in CS434,CS414 and CS340 and to host our wonderful website :D
Peter
Title: Re:
Post by: William Grim on 2002-10-13T05:05:03-05:00 (Sunday)
Post by: William Grim on 2002-10-13T05:05:03-05:00 (Sunday)
We need to get another drive for the system so the OS has a place for just it to reside.
That would give us room to test upgrading the system to newer versions of Solaris without fear, etc.
I think I might bring that up some time.
Well, later!
That would give us room to test upgrading the system to newer versions of Solaris without fear, etc.
I think I might bring that up some time.
Well, later!
Title: Re:
Post by: Guest on 2002-10-13T17:59:26-05:00 (Sunday)
Post by: Guest on 2002-10-13T17:59:26-05:00 (Sunday)
Sun makes the nicest servers ever, in my opinion.. The mips SGI stuff is better for number crunching type things but overall sun is the best..
I'd like to get one of the cobalt qubes just to play around with it..
=)
I want to play with SIUEs Suns... Where are they? Any SGIs on campus?
I'd like to get one of the cobalt qubes just to play around with it..
=)
I want to play with SIUEs Suns... Where are they? Any SGIs on campus?
Title: Re:
Post by: C3 on 2002-10-13T23:17:06-05:00 (Sunday)
Post by: C3 on 2002-10-13T23:17:06-05:00 (Sunday)
i too hit the 19day mark, what a proud moment :-) i finally rebooted, now just have to see if it can go longer...
(http://www.siue.edu/~bluttin/uptime.jpg)
(http://www.siue.edu/~bluttin/uptime.jpg)
Title: Re:
Post by: William Grim on 2002-10-14T02:51:45-05:00 (Monday)
Post by: William Grim on 2002-10-14T02:51:45-05:00 (Monday)
Our Sun server is solar.cs.siue.edu. If you are part of the SOENT domain in the EB, then you have access to it.
I also have another present waiting for CS students, but I have to finish it up first (should be this week; it's on my priority list of things to get done).
Later!
I also have another present waiting for CS students, but I have to finish it up first (should be this week; it's on my priority list of things to get done).
Later!
Title: Re:
Post by: William Grim on 2002-10-14T03:09:10-05:00 (Monday)
Post by: William Grim on 2002-10-14T03:09:10-05:00 (Monday)
(http://caos.siue.edu/modules/my_egallery/gallery/screenshots/fbsd_uptime.jpg)
Hey guys! This uptime would be higher, but I just upgraded FreeBSD to 4.7-RC, and in order to have the new kernel take effect, you must reboot the system.
Anyway, this sytem has run over 60 days at its longest run (seems about every 60 days I have to either physically move the server or xmas breaks come up and we're required to power down).
The system has been installed since Feb. 8, 2002, and it has undergone 4 upgrades during that time. It went from 4.4 to 4.5 to 4.6 to 4.7-PRERELEASE to 4.7-RC.
Talk about stability. I even messed up some of the installed software before, but after about 3 days of tweaking the files I broke and reinstalling sofware and then deinstalling properly, the system was fully usable again. Now THAT is what I call a real OS.
The OS runs on a 16 GB drive where I have no fear of losing data (this is what I want to happen to our Sun server). The data is warehoused on an 80 GB drive I got a few weeks ago (another drive is needed soon). Hardware IDE Raid runs the 80 GB drive as ATA/133.
Hey guys! This uptime would be higher, but I just upgraded FreeBSD to 4.7-RC, and in order to have the new kernel take effect, you must reboot the system.
Anyway, this sytem has run over 60 days at its longest run (seems about every 60 days I have to either physically move the server or xmas breaks come up and we're required to power down).
The system has been installed since Feb. 8, 2002, and it has undergone 4 upgrades during that time. It went from 4.4 to 4.5 to 4.6 to 4.7-PRERELEASE to 4.7-RC.
Talk about stability. I even messed up some of the installed software before, but after about 3 days of tweaking the files I broke and reinstalling sofware and then deinstalling properly, the system was fully usable again. Now THAT is what I call a real OS.
The OS runs on a 16 GB drive where I have no fear of losing data (this is what I want to happen to our Sun server). The data is warehoused on an 80 GB drive I got a few weeks ago (another drive is needed soon). Hardware IDE Raid runs the 80 GB drive as ATA/133.
Title: Re:
Post by: Stiffler on 2002-10-14T09:40:34-05:00 (Monday)
Post by: Stiffler on 2002-10-14T09:40:34-05:00 (Monday)
I believe the latest version of Norton Ghost or Powerquest DriveImage can move Solaris partitions, so you could just move the OS to a new partition and keep the boot sector. Or, you could just move the files, and use a boot disk and re-install the boot sector. If you want a 60 Gig 7200 Maxtor HD, I can talk to my suitmate, because he owns a Computer Resale business, and he will sell the CS depart one for cheap, or even donate it for free and write it off as a business expense. OR, two or three if I ask nicely. They're IDE drives though. You could use those as a temporary, untill he got SCSI drives in at wholesale cost. Another words, dirt cheap, fun, fun, SCSI HDs. Let me know a precise parts list so I can place the order.
Jon
Jon
Title: Re: solar's harddrives
Post by: Peter Motyka on 2002-10-14T09:49:27-05:00 (Monday)
Post by: Peter Motyka on 2002-10-14T09:49:27-05:00 (Monday)
The problem with rearranging solar's partitions and harddrives is there are no more physical interfaces to attach drives in the system. When we ordered solar, we accidently ordered a rack mount system. To save space they only have room for 2 physical drives to be mounted in the main system. We have 2 spare harddisks, but no where to mount them. There is an external enclosure called the "storEdge" but it is quite expensive and the CS department has balked at purchasing it.
Peter
Peter
Title: Re:
Post by: Stiffler on 2002-10-14T09:54:49-05:00 (Monday)
Post by: Stiffler on 2002-10-14T09:54:49-05:00 (Monday)
Can't you just take the guts out of the rackmount and out it in a big case. Then use a SCSI/IDE extender to increase the number of drives that can go on it? The extender would plug into the existing connector that you plug the current HD into.
Jon
Jon
Title: Re:
Post by: Chris Swingler on 2002-10-14T14:10:28-05:00 (Monday)
Post by: Chris Swingler on 2002-10-14T14:10:28-05:00 (Monday)
I'm getting my MacSE back, anyone want to make estimates about what uptime I could hit on that little machine?
It's an irrelevant issue on my main PC, I reboot it an awful lot to switch OSs, but I'll try to keep the SE running as long as I possibly can.
(I hypothesise that a head crash or the raster connection on the monitor needing repair will end my Mac's run.)
--Beanie
It's an irrelevant issue on my main PC, I reboot it an awful lot to switch OSs, but I'll try to keep the SE running as long as I possibly can.
(I hypothesise that a head crash or the raster connection on the monitor needing repair will end my Mac's run.)
--Beanie
Title: Re:
Post by: William Grim on 2002-10-16T03:52:08-05:00 (Wednesday)
Post by: William Grim on 2002-10-16T03:52:08-05:00 (Wednesday)
Well, I guess I can work something out on solar then for upgrading OS versions. I felt it was safest to have multiple drives, but if there is no physical space left, then that's just the way it goes.
It's no big deal overall really I guess if we're safe; maybe I should read more up on the specs of solar now that I'm getting the hang of that thing.
Ph34r Sun Microsystems!
It's no big deal overall really I guess if we're safe; maybe I should read more up on the specs of solar now that I'm getting the hang of that thing.
Ph34r Sun Microsystems!
Title: Re:
Post by: Ryan Lintker on 2002-10-17T12:05:17-05:00 (Thursday)
Post by: Ryan Lintker on 2002-10-17T12:05:17-05:00 (Thursday)
Call me crazy, but I go for maximum downtime on my system.
There's a company out there that keeps sending these huge power bills to my apartment! I don't like paying hard earned money to run a computer when all it is doing is looking for aliens.
I imagine that my computer uses a decent amount of power when I consider how much warmer my room is when I leave it on to download a service pack or defrag the hard drive. If I have my monitor on as well, it really gets warm.
Maybe in the cold of the winter, I'll let her run overnight to keep my toes from getting cold while I sleep, but considering it only takes a minute or so to boot up, and I usually only use it in several hour blocks, it just may run only 8 hours a day for a long time.
There's a company out there that keeps sending these huge power bills to my apartment! I don't like paying hard earned money to run a computer when all it is doing is looking for aliens.
I imagine that my computer uses a decent amount of power when I consider how much warmer my room is when I leave it on to download a service pack or defrag the hard drive. If I have my monitor on as well, it really gets warm.
Maybe in the cold of the winter, I'll let her run overnight to keep my toes from getting cold while I sleep, but considering it only takes a minute or so to boot up, and I usually only use it in several hour blocks, it just may run only 8 hours a day for a long time.
Title: Re:
Post by: Kade P. Cole on 2002-10-17T13:13:38-05:00 (Thursday)
Post by: Kade P. Cole on 2002-10-17T13:13:38-05:00 (Thursday)
This is my best uptime so far. Just thought I would share. :-)
Title: Re:
Post by: Stiffler on 2002-10-29T20:58:50-06:00 (Tuesday)
Post by: Stiffler on 2002-10-29T20:58:50-06:00 (Tuesday)
Well, here's my current uptime on my PIII 550 running Windows XP SP1.
[img align=left]http://caos.siue.edu/images/forumpost/Uptime.bmp[/img]
Jon
[img align=left]http://caos.siue.edu/images/forumpost/Uptime.bmp[/img]
Jon
Title: Re:
Post by: William Grim on 2002-10-29T21:13:48-06:00 (Tuesday)
Post by: William Grim on 2002-10-29T21:13:48-06:00 (Tuesday)
I would show the CS department's new FreeBSD server uptime as it was doing quite nicely. However, I had to modify the kernel because I wanted it to be smaller while adding some extra functionality that I was either too lazy to do at the beginning or did not have the time to do.
It was like 37 days of uptime.
Oh well! It won't get above 50 days of uptime for a while I don't think, what with FreeBSD 5.0 working its way out and everything.
It was like 37 days of uptime.
Oh well! It won't get above 50 days of uptime for a while I don't think, what with FreeBSD 5.0 working its way out and everything.
Title: Re:
Post by: Victor Cardona on 2002-10-29T22:56:56-06:00 (Tuesday)
Post by: Victor Cardona on 2002-10-29T22:56:56-06:00 (Tuesday)
Man I am bummed. I just blew away 141 days of uptime on my Gentoo Linux box at work in order to install SuSE 8.1 :-(
Victor
Victor
Title: Re:
Post by: Victor Cardona on 2002-10-29T23:04:41-06:00 (Tuesday)
Post by: Victor Cardona on 2002-10-29T23:04:41-06:00 (Tuesday)
QuoteRyan wrote:
There's a company out there that keeps sending these huge power bills to my apartment! I don't like paying hard earned money to run a computer when all it is doing is looking for aliens.
Actually, computers use a relatively small amount of electricity. Besides, seti needs your help :-)