[ale] uptime?

[rob at frankenlinux.com (Robert Hoffman)]

>I've never fiddled with NT servers. However, if the only real weekly 
>maintenence needed is to reboot the servers, cann't this be accomplished 
>with some software? (Something analogous to cron running shutdown) 

I'm sure it could but I just don't want to mess with it. 

I've worked very hard here to keep the number of NT servers to a minimum. I 
run a PDC, BDC, and Exchange. With just three Win servers, I don't get many 
unpleasant surprises. 

I usually hear about "scheduled maintenance" from big shops running dozens of 
Win servers. Say you have 48 Windows servers and each one locks up every 3 
months on average (I believe this is being generous.) Chances are that you'd 
have 16 servers crashing every month. That's one every other day. I used to 
work for Bank of America. "Scheduled maintenance" was common there just for 
this reason. 

-Rob Hoffman
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