Rock-solid reliability. That's something to which even the most Ritalin-addled, Kool-Aid drinking Microsoft "admin" would never be able to honestly claim to experience in their career. In the UNIX world, however, it is commonplace and, at times, even noteworthy. One of the database servers for which I am (was) responsible was migrated to new hardware and subsequently decommissioned. Before powering-down the system, I captured a screenshot of the uptime data:
It was shutdown 1,132 (or so) days prior to move it from its original server room to the new datacenter.
It was shutdown 1,132 (or so) days prior to move it from its original server room to the new datacenter.