Imagine my surprise when I hit the wrong switch on my KVM to show one of my Win2k Pro boxes, with Sysmeter showing and uptime of 729 hours.
That translates to over 30 days of uptime. It's been running F@H practically the whole time, and the last time I can remember taking it down was when I had to unplug it to put it on the new UPS.
When was the last time you remember a Windows non-server box staying up for over a month?
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Anytime I check my 2nd and 3rd systems and do not have any hardware to flow down to them. Win2K has been remarkable in the uptime area for me. The longest stretch of time they were up were about 7 months. Granted, this was when I was working in Chicago, and only home on the occassional weekend. So they've seen limited use during the week, but heavy usage on the weekends when sorting through files to archive to cd or updating of my projects/services.
This remarkable uptime is why I suggested Win2K over Win9x/ME. Granted, it does take a bit more work to get it installed and functioning properly, but when buying a new system with it preinstalled, that should already be taken care of.
Yes, getting it pre-installed takes care of the installation issues, but does nothing for the administration aspect, which must be maintained throughout the life of the network.
This machine doesn't do much but act as a LAN gaming box (which I haven't been to in a while), and as a file server/sharer.
While I'm impressed with the uptime, I wouldn't yet call it remarkable. I find Linux machines with 1 year+ uptime to be remarkable.
Even those that have uptimes of 69 days are only slightly beyond impressive.
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