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    • MattSpeller
      MattSpeller @DustinB3403 last edited by

      @DustinB3403 what could possibly go wrong with a server 7 years behind it's updates....

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        • DustinB3403
          DustinB3403 @aaron-closed account last edited by

          @aaron said in 7 years of up time:

          To me that's negligence not impressive 🙂

          Oh I agree, but the up time for a windows server ain't to bad...

          I mean when was the last time you've ever heard of a server with that kind of up time?

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          • gjacobse
            gjacobse last edited by

            Youtube Video

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            • tonyshowoff
              tonyshowoff @gjacobse last edited by

              @gjacobse said in 7 years of up time:

              Youtube Video

              My wife acts like that's how I drive, but I can assure you, there are a few less explosions.

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                • gjacobse
                  gjacobse @aaron-closed account last edited by

                  @aaron said in 7 years of up time:

                  @DustinB3403 said in 7 years of up time:

                  @aaron said in 7 years of up time:

                  To me that's negligence not impressive 🙂

                  Oh I agree, but the up time for a windows server ain't to bad...

                  I mean when was the last time you've ever heard of a server with that kind of up time?

                  It's been awhile. I rebooted a machine recently that had a 300+ day uptime and I thought that was crazy. This was Linux though, for Windows I still think that 300 day would be crazy.

                  While things have changed considerably since,... but I took a stance when I had a Windows 95 machine running to reload it about every six months. It seem really ridiculous that the system would get so bogged down with crud and such.

                  Of course it was pretty easy to rebuild from the self booting CD, including Office and such, and update from there, build a new CD and move forward...

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                  • DustinB3403
                    DustinB3403 last edited by

                    It's very quiet here around here today.

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                    • IRJ
                      IRJ last edited by

                      This guy is as lucky as this kid...

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                      • Dashrender
                        Dashrender @DustinB3403 last edited by

                        @DustinB3403 said in 7 years of up time:

                        @aaron said in 7 years of up time:

                        To me that's negligence not impressive 🙂

                        Oh I agree, but the up time for a windows server ain't to bad...

                        I mean when was the last time you've ever heard of a server with that kind of up time?

                        is it impressive though? if you need to reboot to install updates/security fixes, then you need to reboot. That whole uptime thing is just a crock! Something Unix admins love to brag about. Can Unix really update the kernel without rebooting the OS? If yes, then why doesn't Windows do that too?

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                          Alex Sage @Dashrender last edited by

                          @Dashrender said:

                          Can Unix really update the kernel without rebooting the OS?

                          No.

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                          • travisdh1
                            travisdh1 @Dashrender last edited by

                            @Dashrender said in 7 years of up time:

                            @DustinB3403 said in 7 years of up time:

                            @aaron said in 7 years of up time:

                            To me that's negligence not impressive 🙂

                            Oh I agree, but the up time for a windows server ain't to bad...

                            I mean when was the last time you've ever heard of a server with that kind of up time?

                            is it impressive though? if you need to reboot to install updates/security fixes, then you need to reboot. That whole uptime thing is just a crock! Something Unix admins love to brag about. Can Unix really update the kernel without rebooting the OS? If yes, then why doesn't Windows do that too?

                            UNIX, not that I know of (been quite a while), Linux, yes, yes it can.

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                            • Dashrender
                              Dashrender @travisdh1 last edited by

                              @travisdh1 said in 7 years of up time:

                              @Dashrender said in 7 years of up time:

                              @DustinB3403 said in 7 years of up time:

                              @aaron said in 7 years of up time:

                              To me that's negligence not impressive 🙂

                              Oh I agree, but the up time for a windows server ain't to bad...

                              I mean when was the last time you've ever heard of a server with that kind of up time?

                              is it impressive though? if you need to reboot to install updates/security fixes, then you need to reboot. That whole uptime thing is just a crock! Something Unix admins love to brag about. Can Unix really update the kernel without rebooting the OS? If yes, then why doesn't Windows do that too?

                              UNIX, not that I know of (been quite a while), Linux, yes, yes it can.

                              Then the same question applies, why can Linux do it and Windows can't?

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                              • travisdh1
                                travisdh1 @Dashrender last edited by

                                @Dashrender said in 7 years of up time:

                                @travisdh1 said in 7 years of up time:

                                @Dashrender said in 7 years of up time:

                                @DustinB3403 said in 7 years of up time:

                                @aaron said in 7 years of up time:

                                To me that's negligence not impressive 🙂

                                Oh I agree, but the up time for a windows server ain't to bad...

                                I mean when was the last time you've ever heard of a server with that kind of up time?

                                is it impressive though? if you need to reboot to install updates/security fixes, then you need to reboot. That whole uptime thing is just a crock! Something Unix admins love to brag about. Can Unix really update the kernel without rebooting the OS? If yes, then why doesn't Windows do that too?

                                UNIX, not that I know of (been quite a while), Linux, yes, yes it can.

                                Then the same question applies, why can Linux do it and Windows can't?

                                Linux only relatively recently gained this ability (2 years since I found out about the capability, and ~1 year that it's be included in the kernel.) It's not a trivial process, and nobody outside of Microsoft has any idea if their kernel is even capable of replacing itself on a live system.

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                                • scottalanmiller
                                  scottalanmiller @DustinB3403 last edited by

                                  @DustinB3403 said in 7 years of up time:

                                  @aaron said in 7 years of up time:

                                  To me that's negligence not impressive 🙂

                                  Oh I agree, but the up time for a windows server ain't to bad...

                                  I mean when was the last time you've ever heard of a server with that kind of up time?

                                  Normally people get fired before it goes that far.

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                                  • scottalanmiller
                                    scottalanmiller @Alex Sage last edited by

                                    @aaronstuder said in 7 years of up time:

                                    @Dashrender said:

                                    Can Unix really update the kernel without rebooting the OS?

                                    No.

                                    Some can. It's specific to the OS and sometimes hardware.

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                                    • Dashrender
                                      Dashrender @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                      @scottalanmiller said in 7 years of up time:

                                      @aaronstuder said in 7 years of up time:

                                      @Dashrender said:

                                      Can Unix really update the kernel without rebooting the OS?

                                      No.

                                      Some can. It's specific to the OS and sometimes hardware.

                                      yeah, that's what I was thinking.

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                                      • scottalanmiller
                                        scottalanmiller @travisdh1 last edited by

                                        @travisdh1 said in 7 years of up time:

                                        @Dashrender said in 7 years of up time:

                                        @travisdh1 said in 7 years of up time:

                                        @Dashrender said in 7 years of up time:

                                        @DustinB3403 said in 7 years of up time:

                                        @aaron said in 7 years of up time:

                                        To me that's negligence not impressive 🙂

                                        Oh I agree, but the up time for a windows server ain't to bad...

                                        I mean when was the last time you've ever heard of a server with that kind of up time?

                                        is it impressive though? if you need to reboot to install updates/security fixes, then you need to reboot. That whole uptime thing is just a crock! Something Unix admins love to brag about. Can Unix really update the kernel without rebooting the OS? If yes, then why doesn't Windows do that too?

                                        UNIX, not that I know of (been quite a while), Linux, yes, yes it can.

                                        Then the same question applies, why can Linux do it and Windows can't?

                                        Linux only relatively recently gained this ability (2 years since I found out about the capability, and ~1 year that it's be included in the kernel.) It's not a trivial process, and nobody outside of Microsoft has any idea if their kernel is even capable of replacing itself on a live system.

                                        It's been around at least five years but almost no one cared. So it was not pushed.

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                                        • travisdh1
                                          travisdh1 @scottalanmiller last edited by

                                          @scottalanmiller said in 7 years of up time:

                                          @travisdh1 said in 7 years of up time:

                                          @Dashrender said in 7 years of up time:

                                          @travisdh1 said in 7 years of up time:

                                          @Dashrender said in 7 years of up time:

                                          @DustinB3403 said in 7 years of up time:

                                          @aaron said in 7 years of up time:

                                          To me that's negligence not impressive 🙂

                                          Oh I agree, but the up time for a windows server ain't to bad...

                                          I mean when was the last time you've ever heard of a server with that kind of up time?

                                          is it impressive though? if you need to reboot to install updates/security fixes, then you need to reboot. That whole uptime thing is just a crock! Something Unix admins love to brag about. Can Unix really update the kernel without rebooting the OS? If yes, then why doesn't Windows do that too?

                                          UNIX, not that I know of (been quite a while), Linux, yes, yes it can.

                                          Then the same question applies, why can Linux do it and Windows can't?

                                          Linux only relatively recently gained this ability (2 years since I found out about the capability, and ~1 year that it's be included in the kernel.) It's not a trivial process, and nobody outside of Microsoft has any idea if their kernel is even capable of replacing itself on a live system.

                                          It's been around at least five years but almost no one cared. So it was not pushed.

                                          Ah, I must've just found out about it about the time they started rolling it into the kernel then.

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                                          • scottalanmiller
                                            scottalanmiller @travisdh1 last edited by

                                            @travisdh1 said in 7 years of up time:

                                            @scottalanmiller said in 7 years of up time:

                                            @travisdh1 said in 7 years of up time:

                                            @Dashrender said in 7 years of up time:

                                            @travisdh1 said in 7 years of up time:

                                            @Dashrender said in 7 years of up time:

                                            @DustinB3403 said in 7 years of up time:

                                            @aaron said in 7 years of up time:

                                            To me that's negligence not impressive 🙂

                                            Oh I agree, but the up time for a windows server ain't to bad...

                                            I mean when was the last time you've ever heard of a server with that kind of up time?

                                            is it impressive though? if you need to reboot to install updates/security fixes, then you need to reboot. That whole uptime thing is just a crock! Something Unix admins love to brag about. Can Unix really update the kernel without rebooting the OS? If yes, then why doesn't Windows do that too?

                                            UNIX, not that I know of (been quite a while), Linux, yes, yes it can.

                                            Then the same question applies, why can Linux do it and Windows can't?

                                            Linux only relatively recently gained this ability (2 years since I found out about the capability, and ~1 year that it's be included in the kernel.) It's not a trivial process, and nobody outside of Microsoft has any idea if their kernel is even capable of replacing itself on a live system.

                                            It's been around at least five years but almost no one cared. So it was not pushed.

                                            Ah, I must've just found out about it about the time they started rolling it into the kernel then.

                                            Yes, it was around long before it was rolled into the kernel. But it was mostly edge cases looking into it. Very few people were really that excited about it, which I found surprising even then. But it's true, even today, I don't care that much about it 🙂

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