weird....after 3+ months working 24/7 one of my workers just stopped out of the blue
Hmm, that is weird indeed. And stopping and starting using the start button doesn't help?
This is what happens if you run on a buggy Java 7 release (without the workaround added in the new beta). Maybe that's the reason? Although if I do that it stops after 3 hours, not 3 months.
A shame about those stats, looking real nice there.