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    • keyserK
      keyser Rebel Alliance @JonathanLee
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      @JonathanLee ….But I have customers that quite often choose to skip releases, and i have several times passed 1000 days of uptime in those installations :-)

      Love the no fuss of using the official appliances :-)

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      • fireodoF
        fireodo @JonathanLee
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        @JonathanLee said in 23 days accident free:

        What’s the longest you have seen?

        uptime.jpg

        Kettop Mi4300YL CPU: i5-4300Y @ 1.60GHz RAM: 8GB Ethernet Ports: 4
        SSD: SanDisk pSSD-S2 16GB (ZFS) WiFi: WLE200NX
        pfsense 2.8.0 CE
        Packages: Apcupsd, Cron, Iftop, Iperf, LCDproc, Nmap, pfBlockerNG, RRD_Summary, Shellcmd, Snort, Speedtest, System_Patches.

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        • johnpozJ
          johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @keyser
          last edited by johnpoz

          @keyser said in 23 days accident free:

          customers that quite often choose to skip releases

          Not a good idea, but now I am curious if the boxes at my old company have been updated.. Pretty sure it was when 2.4.5 came out in March of 2020, I sure wasn't going to upgrade them remotely with nobody there to be my smart hands if something went sideways. Figured would update them when offices opened back up.. But then got let go from that company.. So I doubt anyone has updated them after I left.. And the other guy that would of, got let go as well. They let our whole dept go.. So they are prob still on 2.4.4p3

          If they have not been updated, or switch out for something else they are well over 1000 days by now. Something like 1600+ days..

          Next time I talk to my buddy that still works there will have to ask him, he works in a different dept but he would be able to check on them ;)

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            mer
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            I'm on the same track as @johnpoz updates and power outages. Currently on about 62 days for my pfSense and FreeBSD desktops. Longest I recall was between 250 and 365 days.
            Now that the whole house generator is working I may be able to skip power outages :)

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            • johnpozJ
              johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @mer
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              @mer said in 23 days accident free:

              Now that the whole house generator is working I may be able to skip power outages :)

              Nice!! I would really like to have that setup, or battery for my solar so could run when grid is down, etc. But battery didn't make a lot of sense cost wise when I put in solar. And while I would love a generator, our outages are so far between and when they do happen they normally only a few minutes.. Longest I can recall is 3 hours when they notified before hand of maint.. And even then it was more like an hour..

              Years ago we had an extended outage for a few days, and lost some food in the frig, etc.. But they sent us a check to pay for that even, just had to list out what you lost.

              So generator is on my list of next time I have a lot of blow money and looking for something to spend it on - hahaha.. Like that happens ever - hehehe

              With my current ups, I can survive 20-30 minutes before I start shutting stuff down.. And biggest draw is pc and monitors and nas - if I shut those down and just leave the network gear up.. Prob get more like an hour or so.

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                mer @johnpoz
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                @johnpoz I think the longest has been about 10-14 days. Ice storm taking lots out. Portable gas generator (Honda EM5000 over 20 yrs old) to power essentials like heat, well, fridge and coffee maker that would run 8-12 hrs on a tank. Wife decided "we need whole house so I don't have to try and start that". Propane fired, nominally 1 wk at half load (but typical load is less than half).
                Initial cost is a lot, but if I need it 3 times before I die, it's worth it.

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                • johnpozJ
                  johnpoz LAYER 8 Global Moderator @mer
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                  @mer and your ready for the zombie apocalypse when it comes ;)

                  Problem is if your the only one with power, you will attract the crazies and zombies most likely ;) hehehe

                  I would love to have one.. Are you out in the boonies? No natural gas? My cousin has a natural gas one that is pretty slick, but with propane guess you don't have to worry about the gas lines not working.. And sure you could scrounge up lots of tanks if/when society collapses hehehe

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                  • JonathanLeeJ
                    JonathanLee
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                    There was a time I couldn’t make it a day without changes and a reboot my wife is happy

                    Make sure to upvote

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                        mer @johnpoz
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                        @johnpoz NH not really the boonies but no natural gas in the area so choices are propane oil or electric for heat which drives choices. Propane just need to keep an eye on levels and call for a fill out of schedule.
                        I've seen propane fired portables so you can use the 20lb tanks from a grill.

                        Zombies don't bother me, neighbors on the other hand...

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                          slu @JonathanLee
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                          @JonathanLee

                          uptime between 200 and 250 days, depending on the Netgate release cycle ;)
                          Accident free over more than 14 years, well ok two fails, both hardware...

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