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On 2004-02-08, Sean Callaway <scallaway@programmer.net> wrote:
>
> I know its cool to have a _really_ large number when you run 'uptime'
> but your server can never get cracked if its not on. Plus, if there's
> no one there to use it, why have it on? I shut down most of my servers
> (everything but my externel web servers) at 7:00 pm. I figure that
> everyone is gone (our office closes at 6:00) and not one is still
> working from home (besides, they can do that through our website).
> Then I turn them on at 4:45 am, before even the early-birds arrive at
> our office.

If you telinit 1 at 7pm, and telinit 5 at 4.45am, you can preserve your
uptime and ''avoid'' getting cracked.

Not all sites can have that kind of downtime--people in my office work
at all hours, so machines need to be available 24/7.

- --keith

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