View Full Version : The system is going down for reboot NOW !!
pmak0 03-04-2001, 07:36 AM I hate it when hosts do that to me (this was tera-byte.com).
Broadcast message from root (pts/0) Sun Mar 4 04:35:28 2001...
The system is going down for reboot NOW !!
No warning before that. I was in the shell editing a file at the time - good thing I had it saved.
Chicken 03-04-2001, 11:35 AM LOL... just realize that it could have been the server rebooting itself. Always a bit surprising eh?
mybiz 03-04-2001, 11:50 AM Usually adminstrators will set a count down time, like 5 minutes so people can save what their doing before the server goes down..
klisis 03-04-2001, 12:06 PM I have encountered the same message on JaguarPC. After less than 2 seconds maybe, I got disconnected. :D
jtan15 03-04-2001, 12:27 PM That's not nice. Although sometimes when the server just "has" to be rebooted, there isn't time for a warning. But it certainly is a better practice to give a 5-10 minute warning.
Chicken 03-04-2001, 12:42 PM Originally posted by Chicken
it could have been the server rebooting itself.
-Edward- 03-04-2001, 12:46 PM our server rebooted itself every 24 hours for 2 weeks at one point.
Why would a server reboot itself? Maybe its a linux thing. We use Sun boxes, and I have yet to see one reboot itself automatically.
Dylan 03-04-2001, 02:33 PM Warning? How on earth are you supposed to catch the attention of everybody? People tend to ignore messages like that.
HostBoy 03-04-2001, 02:35 PM Maybe to refresh its memery. I guess.
Originally posted by Technics
our server rebooted itself every 24 hours for 2 weeks at one point.
jtan15 03-04-2001, 02:36 PM Originally posted by Dylan
Warning? How on earth are you supposed to catch the attention of everybody? People tend to ignore messages like that.
Just broadcast a message. Anyone who is logged in will see it, and if they choose to ignore it, well, then it isn't the host's fault.
Dylan 03-04-2001, 02:42 PM Has your personal computer never rebooted itself?
Kaith Sutai-Rustaz 03-04-2001, 02:51 PM I've been on systems where it was a couple times a day, and others where it never seems to happen. so far, monitoring servers with several of our clients gave us this info:
company (NOC) - OS - info
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web2010 (exodus)- BSD - about every 6-7 days
ait (?) - Linux - high point was about 200 days without a reboot, then had series of reboots, then settled down to about 45days.
dynastyhost (albanza) - Linux - monthly
ultraspeedusa (VDI)- Linux - 2x a month, though for a week was many times a day it seemed. This is right around the sale point. no info after sale on stability
venturesonline (VDI) Linux - so far, server apears to be at 12 days uptime and climbing.
No idea on NT/2k boxes as all our clients migrated before I found Netcraft. :)
DanielP 03-04-2001, 03:11 PM Doh, We rebooted because of some software installs and upgrades :)
jayglate 03-04-2001, 03:16 PM We have had two servers up for over 1 year so far, one dedicated and our dns server. When they go down, for whatever reason is it going to be painfull
cperciva 03-04-2001, 04:03 PM Originally posted by jayglate
We have had two servers up for over 1 year so far, one dedicated and our dns server. When they go down, for whatever reason is it going to be painfull
I hope that DNS server isn't running BIND...
What is wrong with running bind (as long as it is the latest version)?
I upgraded bind with out a re-boot.
If u don't use bind what do u use?
Sorry a bit off topic.
Originally posted by Dylan
Has your personal computer never rebooted itself?
Only my crappy windows 98 workstation used to reboot itself once in awhile. But on a server level, a server should never reboot itself without the admin telling it to reboot.
Our servers only get rebooted when we apply system patches. Other then that, we don't reboot.
jayglate 03-04-2001, 04:40 PM We are running the newest version of bind, we are on top of our security.
Originally posted by _G_
What is wrong with running bind (as long as it is the latest version)?
I upgraded bind with out a re-boot.
If u don't use bind what do u use?
There's nothing wrong with runing bind as long you have the latest version. As far as alternatives, there are a few, but who uses them?!
I think bind has 98% of the unix dns market.
cperciva 03-04-2001, 04:52 PM Originally posted by _G_
I upgraded bind with out a re-boot.
Sorry, I was taking "up" in the context of a DNS server to mean "up and capable of handling requests"... in which case upgrading BIND means "downtime" even if you don't reboot the system.
If u don't use bind what do u use?
Well, I'm personally a fan of djbdns...
DHWWnet 03-04-2001, 05:20 PM Originally posted by jayglate
We are running the newest version of bind, we are on top of our security.
:beer:
klisis 03-04-2001, 05:35 PM ohh I see elijah has got his username back.. *Off topic*
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