On 25/04/2013 09:55, J. Roeleveld wrote: > Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 24/04/2013 17:22, Tanstaafl wrote: >>> On 2013-04-24 6:27 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Here's my pair of MTAs: >>>> >>>> $ uptime >>>> 12:24PM up 1295 days, 13:10, 1 user, load averages: 0.19, 0.20, >> 0.31 >>>> >>>> $ uptime >>>> 12:24PM up 1925 days, 20:30, 4 users, load averages: 0.90, 0.75, >> 0.84 >>>> >>>> Those two just keep on accepting and dealing with mail, they do that >> a >>>> million times a day and according to uptime have been doing it for >> 10 >>>> years. >>> >>> ? Looks like 3.5 years and 5.2 years, respectively... >>> >>> You seriously haven't upgraded your kernel on those machines for >> 3.5/5.2 >>> years?? >>> >> >> Yes, something like that. >> >> Politics get involved. But please let's not go there - the pain is too >> much to bear :-) >> >> >> >> -- >> Alan McKinnon >> alan.mckin...@gmail.com > > Alan. > > I wouldn't want to be present when those do get shut down. I wonder if the > disks would spin back up as the bearings might have deteriorated by now...
Bingo. You correctly assessed the main technical risk. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
