Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 09:59:32 +0300 From: Adrian ISTRATE <Adrian.Istrate@ugal.ro> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: FreeBSD 4.3 freezes on Compaq Proliant ML300 Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20010713094309.01fec710@10.12.14.20> In-Reply-To: <000101c10b65$aea16620$1401a8c0@tedm.placo.com> References: <5.0.2.1.2.20010713085633.01feb010@10.12.14.20>
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All right! Thinking again, the crahses never occur when the window
of the room is wide open, during the day. It happens mostly in the evenings
(or nights) when our system engineer has left home.
The system is a tower on the floor with the case open, and, for
the time beeing, I will search a fan to blow on it. Oh yes, and the system
was crashing more often when it ran with the case closed.
I have allready asked for an air conditionning directly in the
room and your opinion will surely help me.
Thank you very much, again.
Adrian
At 11:33 PM 7/12/01 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
>I don't know of a known problem with Proliants in particular but
>I can tell you that admined an HP Netserver once that would
>reboot if the temp went above 80 degrees in the server room.
>It had a whole bank of fans and was rather noisy. We just kept
>the server room door open and the system was rock-solid as long
>as the temp was below 80.
>
>Also, my main desktop, a Pentium Pro 200, that I'm actually using
>to write this note, started having problems exactly like that a year ago.
>The power supply fan had frozen up. Replacing the fan and blowing out
>the system with compressed air cured it.
>
>I don't know if your system is rack mounted - if so you could try relocating
>the server a few inches above the floor. If it's a tower
>and already on the floor then running it with the case off and a large box fan
>pointed right at the open motherboard might also do the trick - ugly though.
>But there's a limit to that kind of thing - blowing air
>around doesen't cool electronics that much unless they are generating
>considerable heat and if the part that's making it freeze is not
>generating much heat then it won't work. Not to mention that running
>electronics hot drastically shortens their lifespan.
>
>Your best bet is to saw a hole in the wall and install an air conditioner.
>Even if the ass end of the a/c unit points into another
>room that will work. Make sure you got enough power, though.
>
>By the way - Cisco routers are designed for harsh environments, I've
>seen 2501's running for years with the cooling fan completely blocked
>because some idiot didn't put the rubber feet on the router.
>
>
>Ted Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com
>Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide
>Book website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Adrian ISTRATE [mailto:Adrian.Istrate@ugal.ro]
> >Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 11:08 PM
> >To: Ted Mittelstaedt; freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> >Subject: RE: FreeBSD 4.3 freezes on Compaq Proliant ML300
> >
> >
> >At 10:50 PM 7/12/01 -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
> >>Maybe the temperature in your server room is too high or the
> >>server itself is full of dust and needs to be blown out. How
> >>long are you running the COmpaq diagnostics for? We usually run them
> >>2 days straight.
> > Well, you may be right. The temperature in the room is rather high
> >and I am working on it right now (the summer is hot in these areas and
> >there are also several Cisco routers and many modems and computers). The
> >dust isn't the problem, the system is quite new and clean.
> > I didn't run all the diagnostics, I admit it, I couldn't afford
> >the time spent on it and for now I don't have another machine to replace
> >it. But I will do it asap.
> > But is there a known problem with the temperature concerning the
> >proliant? Other computers are working without any problems.
> > Anyway, thank you very much for the hint, I suspected it somehow,
> >but I wasn't very sure.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >Adrian
> >
> >>Ted
> Mittelstaedt tedm@toybox.placo.com
> >>Author of: The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's
> Guide
> >>Book
> website: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com
> >>
> >>
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Adrian ISTRATE
> >> >Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 10:41 PM
> >> >To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> >> >Subject: FreeBSD 4.3 freezes on Compaq Proliant ML300
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >Hi everyone,
> >> >This is a "little" problem I've got:
> >> >I am running a FreeBSD 4.3 Release on a Compaq Proliant ML330 (PIII-933
> >> >with 128MB and 18GB SCSI UW2 with 2 Intel EtherExpress PRO100).
> >> >The system is running ipf (v3.4.19) and ipfw, a squid cache, some mrtg
> >> >scripts and some perl scripts. Yes, you figure it out, it is a
> >firewall. It
> >> >is also a MX for the network behind.
> >> >Starting a couple of weeks ago, after more than 2 months of good
> >behaviour,
> >> >the system freezes completely without any warning, any messages.
> >> >It works fine for about 2 or 3 hours (sometimes even more, a whole night
> >> >for example) and suddenly nothing is responding anymore, neither the
> >> >console or from the network.
> >> >I recompiled the kernel several times, I tried to run it wihtout the
> >> >scripts and the squid, nothing changes.
> >> >When I run the Compaq hardware diagnostics everything seems just fine.
> >> >
> >> >Could anyone give me a hint? What could I do or investigate?
> >> >
> >> >Regards,
> >> >Adrian
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >____________________________________________________________
> >> >Adrian ISTRATE
> >> >Junior Lecturer - Network & Systems Administrator
> >> >University "Dunarea de Jos" Galati - Romania
> >> >Computer Science and Engineering Department
> >> >ICQ UIN: 5335688
> >> >____________________________________________________________
> >> >
> >> >
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> >____________________________________________________________
> >Adrian ISTRATE
> >Junior Lecturer - Network & Systems Administrator
> >University "Dunarea de Jos" Galati - Romania
> >Computer Science and Engineering Department
> >ICQ UIN: 5335688
> >____________________________________________________________
> >
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