Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 21:01:14 -0500 (EST) From: "Yuri Lukin" <freebsd@swaggi.com> To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD shutting down unexpectedly Message-ID: <1141610474.10989@swaggi.com> In-Reply-To: <440B87C2.3060704@lbl.gov>
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --bound1141610474 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Jin Guojun [VFFS] wrote .. > Gary Corcoran wrote: > > You may have a failing, or underpowered, power supply, which could cause > > flakiness when you have large amounts of CPU and/or disk activity. > > It sound like a power related issue. Another thing to try is to remove > the UPS, > even though you think it is OK. > 5 years ago, we bought 25 APC and more than 7 had some problems. Some of > them turned machine off, while monitor meter did not show losing power. > APC may have improved their product now, but try to isolate it first. > If the server still has the same problem, than the power supply may be > degraded > (check the fan and temperature). > Dying hard drive generally will not cause power shuting down. > > -Jin Thanks for the suggestions everyone, I will find some time this week to bring down the server and thoroughly inspect the hardware. It's most likely the power supply failing so I will have to look for a replacement. I will update the list once I find the culprit. -Yuri --bound1141610474--
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