__/ [ Ian Hilliard ] on Saturday 12 August 2006 21:36 \__
> Linonut wrote:
>
>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Ian Hilliard belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>>
>>> [H]omer wrote:
>>>
>>>> OK wrote:
>>>>> Look at the top three:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html
>>>>
>>>> Rank: 1. mobilewebwin2.necsoft.com
>>>> Server: Microsoft-IIS/5.0
>>>>
>>>> "Error 502
>>>> Remote server down or not responding."
>>>>
>>>> At 16:00 GMT+0 12th Aug 06.
>>>>
>>>> LOL! So much for debunking myths.
>>>>
>>>> Also notice the proportion of the top sites that are running Apache.
>>>
>>> If you look a bit closer, these top machines running Windows all seem to
>>> be hiding behind either BSD or Linux.
>>>
>>> I guess that the fools want to run IIS, probably for .Net, but are at
>>> least cleaver enough not to have their BillyBox directly facing the
>>> Internet.
>>>
>>> I suspect that behind the BSD or Linux gateway they are running a cluster
>>> of Windows servers so that they are not constantly off-the-air with
>>> server crashes.
>>
>> Still, when you look at O "the Debunker" K's list, you see two things:
>>
>> 1. NECsoft seems to know how to care and manage a billy-box server
>>
>> 2. There are a couple of impressive uptimes for Win 2000 in that
>> list.
>>
>> Now get out your check-books.
>>
>
> You don't get those sort of times out of a billybox, particularly if you
> keep it patched. They must be running a cluster, probably a LARGE cluster.
It's all very possible.
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Peer1.html
Uptime in Netscarft's eye is different from the true uptime. It's all just an
illusion.
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