> But it's fun to think I own one of the computer in the world with the biggest uptime.
The top 500 entries on that list are almost guaranteed to be mainframes.
The top 500 entries on that list are almost guaranteed to be mainframes.
> The computer system that has been in continual operation for the longest period is the Computer Command System (CCS) onboard NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft. This pair of interlinked computers have been in operation since the spacecraft's launch on 20 August 1977. As of 29 October 2020, the CCS has been running for 43 years 70 days.
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/635980-lo...
That's very interesting. Your comment got me searching and I found a link here on HN: "Stratus: Servers that won’t quit – The 24 year running computer" with quite a discussion (123 comments) on the topic: