Re: MTBF data for linux

From: Matthew Dharm (mdharm-kernel@one-eyed-alien.net)
Date: Fri Sep 01 2000 - 17:13:53 EDT

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    Whoops! Think-o. I meant I'm running 2.2.5 for over 400 days.

    Matt

    On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 01:45:25PM -0700, Matthew Dharm wrote:
    > I agree that the MTBF can be very misleading...
    >
    > But put it this way: My server ran 2.2.14 for over 400 days before I
    > rebooted it. It was down for about 5 minutes while rebooting (probably
    > less).
    >
    > My NT Server gets a nightly reboot. I can't get it to run for more than a
    > week without it developing _some_ problem.
    >
    > Mind you, on both of these systems, nobody is doing any development/kernel
    > hacking/anything. They're just mail/www/ftp/dns/login (for linux) servers.
    > To a first order approximation, they're basically the same hardware, both
    > protected by a UPS.
    >
    > Matt
    >
    > On Fri, Sep 01, 2000 at 10:38:54PM +0200, Igmar Palsenberg wrote:
    > > On Fri, 1 Sep 2000, Jim Garlick wrote:
    > >
    > > > Can someone point me to MTBF data for Linux? I realize this is kind of
    > > > vague. Ideally I would like MTBF for kernel 2.2.14 running on SMP Alpha,
    > > > but any data is better than nothing. This is to help win an argument to
    > > > put linux on a large cluster. Thanks in advance.
    > >
    > > MTBF is something that says shit. depends on hardware, what the machine
    > > does, if it has a UPS, etc, etc, etc, etc.
    > >
    > > This machine is running 2 years without problems.
    > >
    > > > Jim Garlick
    > >
    > >
    > > Igmar
    > >
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