2011/05/15

Server up for 600 days without reboot

My server running Fedora Core has been up and running for 600 days without reboot. This is amazing.  Can anyone expect the same for Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 Server.  I also need to thank the data center for providing a very stable power supply.  Obviously, there has not been any power interruption.

During the past 600 days, I applied patches and updates to some software packages.  The beauty of Linux is that there is no need to reboot server when new patcches are applied and new software packages are installed.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Except for kernel updates :), but the more regular and frequent small package upgrades unlike Windows doesn't need rebooting.

One of the annoyances i've faced when administrating Windows Servers such as 2003 Server that every single update pass means a reboot. And on a critical system during busy hours it's not very desireable :S