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Re: Upptime report tools?


From: Jon Kibler <Jon.Kibler () aset com>
Date: Thu, 16 Oct 2008 22:26:56 -0400

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Mattias Hemmingtsson wrote:
Hello !

Om looking fo a tool to monitor my servers uptime.
<SNIP>

Okay, I am going to venture onto my soap box again...

For years, the big buzz has been striving for 5-9s of availability. Too
often, management has taken this to mean that all servers must be up
99.999% of the time. That is less than an hour of down time per server
per year.

Okay, security quiz time: If you see a server that has been up for over
90 days, what does that probably tell you about the security of that
system? (Note: I am not looking for a "diss Microsoft" answer!)

Please reply on-list with your answer.

Jon K.
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