# Linux uptime FTW **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [May 29, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473 "2009-05-29T11:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/1 "2009-05-29T11:12:00Z")
13:57:13 up 396 days, 15:23, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 SQL/Radius server I wish my Windows servers could do that… ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/2 "2009-05-29T11:13:44Z")
what do you have for backup power there? pretty impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/3 "2009-05-29T11:14:59Z")
what is this, IRC? 😛 /uptime ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/4 "2009-05-29T11:15:03Z")
We have 30ish min of battery back up power for the whole data center…but the generator kicks on after about 30sec… I have to shut this thing off though its work load is being virtualized ☹ ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/5 "2009-05-29T11:18:40Z")
we definitely have several that have been up for over 400 days edit: what work load? lol LOAD THAT BITCH UP!! ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/6 "2009-05-29T11:21:32Z")
14:21:09 up 440 days, 22:16, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 Outgoing Fax Server, sends out a few thousand faxes per day and requires ZERO maintenance. I love this box. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/7 "2009-05-29T11:26:13Z")
Lack of generator power FTL. My longest running servers here have been up since the last power outage that lasted more than the 5 minutes or so we get from battery… which was over the winter. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/8 "2009-05-29T11:28:36Z")
I would probably have a lot more boxes with that kind of uptime. However, some IDIOT contractor doing work in the datacenter decided that he should hit the Emergency Power Off button!!! Yeah, almost every hospital/out-patient system went down ☹ ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:29am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/9 "2009-05-29T11:29:15Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > I would probably have a lot more boxes with that kind of uptime. However, some IDIOT contractor doing work in the datacenter decided that he should hit the Emergency Power Off button!!! Yeah, almost every hospital/out-patient system went down ☹ hahaha woops ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/10 "2009-05-29T11:30:02Z")
sorry bout that, WHAMMY ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/11 "2009-05-29T11:31:02Z")
One of our dev boxes…I just checked a few servers. I swear I saw nearly 800 one time, but I couldn’t find it this time around. We’re doing a lot of hardware changes and upgrades though, so the machine could have been replaced… 01:24PM up 545 days, 20:42, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.04 ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/12 "2009-05-29T11:41:47Z")
> [@Joe](#): > > sorry bout that, WHAMMY :bigclap: Yeah, I sit like 10 feet from the woman that is the director for datacenter operations. Help Desk calls me HD: hey, is there a network outage me: wtf? no. I can double check though [long pause] me: yeah, we might be having issues, I can’t get a response on any of the boxes [Sudden Scream in the background from the director: WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN THE POWER IS COMPLETELY OUT IN THE DATACENTER!!!] (still on phone) me: uhhhh, yeah, I think we have a problem ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/13 "2009-05-29T11:43:02Z")
Windows servers are teh suck, esp for gaming. They take up too many resources. ---
**Author:** ![itsJim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@itsJim](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/itsJim)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/14 "2009-05-29T13:06:14Z")
I’d be more impressed if it had any type of load average. Hey look this computer that does nothing has an uptime over a year - SWEET! ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/15 "2009-05-29T13:13:42Z")
> [@itsJim](#): > > I’d be more impressed if it had any type of load average. Hey look this computer that does nothing has an uptime over a year - SWEET! I have Xenservers running 15-20 VMs(webservers, sql servers) and the load averages are only 0.09 You don’t really see the load average jump up with dual quad cores… ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/16 "2009-05-29T13:14:34Z")
A little better. 15:13:18 up 737 days, 6:24, 1 user, load average: 0.11, 0.08, 0.03 The load isn’t insanely high, but this is a very critical server. We just have a cluster of them for the application to spread out the load. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/17 "2009-05-29T13:15:08Z")
how many cores on the box? that load average means nothing without the core count ---
**Author:** ![garbs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3d9bf3/32.png) [@garbs](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/garbs)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/18 "2009-05-29T16:02:15Z")
18:04:07 up 332 days, 19:29, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.01, 0.00 Not as high as some of my previous servers, but they went off to the VZ node. ---
**Author:** ![brent\_strong](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/brent_strong/32/7203_2.png) [@brent\_strong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/brent_strong)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/19 "2009-05-29T16:07:59Z")
> [@boardjnky4](#): > > how many cores on the box? > > that load average means nothing without the core count No clue. I don’t even know if it’s virtual or real or if it’s in our local or remote datacenter. :lol: I only deal with the application that lives on it. ---
**Author:** ![boardjnky4](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@boardjnky4](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/boardjnky4)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473/20 "2009-05-29T16:39:01Z")
> [@brent\_strong](#): > > No clue. I don’t even know if it’s virtual or real or if it’s in our local or remote datacenter. :lol: I only deal with the application that lives on it. cat /proc/cpuinfo [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/linux-uptime-ftw/68473.md?page=2)