uptime blues

Posted on October 7, 2005

My FreeBSD box that hosts my mail, web, and other stuff had exceeded three hundred days of uptime (time without a reboot for the non-geeks). Last night the power went out longer than my UPS could keep it alive, and I’m back to zero. I took the opportunity to upgrade it to 5.4, but I’m still sad about it.

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  1. dave at davedonohue.com – October 7, 2005 @ 6:14 PM

    Anoop,

    Is that FreeBSD box run off of an ISP or via a UVA, etc. connection? I’m debating whether I’m foolish to pay for hosting when I have a relatively fat pipe from Adelphia.

  2. Anoop – October 7, 2005 @ 6:14 PM

    It’s running on Sprint DSL, which I’ve found to be rock solid.

    The only thing I’d be concerned about with Adelphia is port-blocking. I’ve heard they don’t take too kindly to servers and may block port 80. I may be mistaken though.