We (at work) have a Solaris machine that just rebooted that was up 1400+ days. Of course, as soon as it did, it unleashed hell and the iPlanet server wouldn't start. So, the machine with the highest uptime is now a linux server (RedHat 7.2) with 1350+ days. Especially now with the DST 2007 patching (which is not optional), a lot of bad problems are showing up on Solaris boxes that had been festering. The package management and integrated LVM on Linux help out a lot in contrast. In fact, the DST patching for Linux (packaged and simple) puts the others to shame. I don't share Chad's experience in that supporting it makes me dislike it less. I would say that that's true though for AIX in my sense. On Monday 22 January 2007 13:58, Mike Miller wrote: > I agree -- at least for me, not-rebooting-ever isn't all that important. > I like the fact that Linux is moving forward. I didn't reboot Solaris > because I didn't upgrade it. I didn't upgrade it because I was concerned > that it would be a hassle. So the fact that I didn't reboot doesn't > really reflect well on Solaris -- it isn't just because of stability! > Also, we've been running a Linux box for 3 years or so and it has only > been rebooted for power outages and maybe once for a kernel upgrade. So > Linux is very stable too. > > Mike -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20070122/c3498b5a/attachment.pgp