Bullet Proofing Uptime

So as you may have seen, constant downloads are now a thing. This can occur as a result of some clever work I’ve been doing to maintain uptime of my system provided the UPS attached to the devices has juice and it’s quite a UPS so it’d be a good while of no power before it is truly dead.

Anyway, through the use of software I have automated the reboot and login of my server and maintenance of certain mission critical software, i.e Plex Media Server. Great, now the programs will always run, but what if Windows decides its time to reboot for whatever reason. Autologon has been configured and will log back into the system and run the specific software to restart the process of being able to monitor and acquire media and subsequently make it available to you.

What about in the event my router/modem hangs or there are connectivity problems? I’ve written a batch script that communicates with a third party program which telnets into my router/modem and tells it to reboot in the event that the Google DNS server at IP 8.8.8.8 cannot be reached for more than 30 seconds consecutively.

Now the longest unscheduled outage should be limited to within a one minute window. I have tested the system and confirm it to be working in all aspects for the time being. I will as always keep you updated to any changes but until then enjoy the best uptime I can give you!

Regards,

LightSpeedTaco