Highest uptime

sgtcasey · January 23, 2015, 12:25:58 AM

I was at work today preparing a change to power down and remove an old 3845 that had been running since before I got there. I happened to notice the uptime.

Seittit · January 23, 2015, 05:55:01 AM

Wow, throwback to Bush years

deanwebb · January 23, 2015, 09:37:06 AM

Keep it plugged in and go for the record!

LynK · January 23, 2015, 10:36:58 AM

When I joined here we had a 2811 which had been running for 6-7 years. Rebooted it, and came back up like a boss.

Here is the uptime on a old useless switch:

that1guy15 · January 23, 2015, 11:57:14 AM

Here is my best. 11+ years. We left this guy powered on after migrating to a new rack so the guy who originally installed it could shut it down the maintenance guy had powered it down...

https://twitter.com/that1guy_15/status/436982015838003200/photo/1

that1guy15 · January 23, 2015, 11:58:14 AM

Just saw this one on twitter too.

https://twitter.com/nullinterface/status/555726393024475136/photo/1

Fred · January 24, 2015, 07:52:57 PM

Honestly, when I see these tremendous uptimes, I just think of all the security vulnerabilities that have come out. So these have unpatched SSH and a myriad of DoS vulnerabilities...

deanwebb · January 26, 2015, 09:03:33 AM

Quote from: Fred on January 24, 2015, 07:52:57 PM
Honestly, when I see these tremendous uptimes, I just think of all the security vulnerabilities that have come out. So these have unpatched SSH and a myriad of DoS vulnerabilities...

True, but if the network is segmented, then these guys can stay up where they won't get hurt. They won't get *used*, either, but we're going for uptime, right, not packet loss or CPU usage records.

Otanx · January 26, 2015, 09:51:14 AM

Also realize that many systems with redundancy will report total uptime, and module uptime. We have a pair of ASAs with a cluster up time of 5 years, but each ASA has up times of only 26 days. So even patching you can get good uptime numbers.

-Otanx

deanwebb · January 26, 2015, 10:02:39 AM

So, clearly, we need a singles and a doubles version of this sport.

killabee · January 26, 2015, 07:07:58 PM

Quote from: Fred on January 24, 2015, 07:52:57 PM
Honestly, when I see these tremendous uptimes, I just think of all the security vulnerabilities that have come out. So these have unpatched SSH and a myriad of DoS vulnerabilities...

Way to spoil the fun, man!

sgtcasey · January 28, 2015, 06:31:37 PM

Said 3845 with the 7 years of uptime is now sleeping peacefully on the floor of a network closet. The next step is to power it up, wipe the config, update the asset management application, and then decide if we keep or recycle.

icecream-guy · January 29, 2015, 07:37:37 AM

Quote from: sgtcasey on January 28, 2015, 06:31:37 PM
Said 3845 with the 7 years of uptime is now sleeping peacefully on the floor of a network closet. The next step is to power it up, wipe the config, update the asset management application, and then decide if we keep or recycle.

if you got a 16 line async card and a spider cable, it would make a nifty OOB console server.

burnyd · January 29, 2015, 02:26:36 PM

I have a hybrid CatOS 6500 thing with 10 years and a few months on it.

Highest uptime

Seittit