System Uptime Statistic

[res00186]

I am a "reseller" on ProWebSpace and currently evaluating their application of DirectAdmin.

For an extended period today, I was able to access DA but not the websites. Under DA "System Information" the message was:
Apache *** Stopped ***

I see that Apache services are now restored and the "bug" fixed. And PWS kindly pointed to your "Bugfix" update link. Thank you for your efforts.

However, I see on my DA Reseller "System Information" that the report (at last peek):

"System Uptime 33 Days, 2 Hours and 16 Minutes"

... as if proclaiming no interruption in service. If this is an innocent oversight, I hope PWS will solicit a correction. If not, I believe the "System Uptime" statistic is deceptively misleading ... or, otherwise, what would constitute "downtime" if not stoppage of the Apache services? ... Thank you, res00186

[The Prohacker]

System uptime refers to the actual time the server is up.. Not the actual time the services are avaiable....

This is just the time in between reboots...

[DirectAdmin Support]

Hello,

System Uptime refers to the amount of time the server has been running, so only a reboot will reset this number. This information is monitored by the server itself, not DirectAdmin.

Hope this clears things up.

John

[res00186]

Thanx much ... appreciate the clarification ... res00186

[SH-Lloyd]

The server uptime will also fail to reset when the network fails :)
If you want accurate monitoring get Hosting Assured. They include monitoring from Alerta which pings the server so it will tell you if it is accessible to your clients or not.