Power outtage ruins perfect 440+ day uptime
I came home yesterday to find that a power outtage in my neighborhood had lasted longer than my UPS. The previously recorded uptime for the I had was actually in this blog on the 11/16/2004. Now I don’t have the exact time the UPS failed but I can guess it was around 7:00pm, yesterday evening. So, my uptime would have read something like this:
7:00pm up 440 days, 2:42, 9 users, load average: 0.04, 0.01, 0.00
Uptimes are something a sysadmin takes as sacred. Its something to be guarded, protected and bragged about. So, I say “Goodbuy uptime of greater than 440 days. You will be missed”. Now there’s no reason not to do the hardware and software updates I’ve needed to do for the last several months.
