From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 20 15:08:03 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5FBA01065677 for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 15:08:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alandgilmour@gmail.com) Received: from fg-out-1718.google.com (fg-out-1718.google.com [72.14.220.154]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3E5A8FC12 for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 15:08:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from alandgilmour@gmail.com) Received: by fg-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id l26so2799647fgb.35 for ; Tue, 20 May 2008 08:08:01 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=57fcBm3mUC/rRX/AsNuAB6G6SHNwiMqnZC46GM+CXxI=; b=JiBky8k+5nkRYYdEo6U2b8TOSuoKo3tsjMqHadEEs0g5p/SMZqmwHXrM0L8Js8kXb0Wz3XLShC0P9BhIcja5SzMRMBEP/uk5jOb1i8Y4YD4RXW3jyt2QLi/Wc57tEX9ui3BrKZbhXxPXq2W9ilNCxuwcpmNgGhk66S+IVp0SSIs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=eA5FjkbZuh+vKnW9fdeLxHcc6PWPq9lS80CTiPa0D8t3SPbAulMivpWbEdulDW6eYdYrHfeRnyVDNgwBhoYdbNKrX9gcNTShIsiytvrNe7qJyB831KQ29J13nCiKOePSfAko3MrB1cKBKcjDdEZhnfAO9qtEAAkFLYGmGhuX7Dc= Received: by 10.78.121.2 with SMTP id t2mr2417533huc.50.1211296081444; Tue, 20 May 2008 08:08:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.133.19 with HTTP; Tue, 20 May 2008 08:08:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <38f284ee0805200808v2947fa20od00263f5440baac0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 16:08:01 +0100 From: "Alan Gilmour" To: "Roberto Nunnari" In-Reply-To: <4832E6AF.8080100@supsi.ch> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <38f284ee0805200717l7008e18fud9631bf80839ceb1@mail.gmail.com> <4832E6AF.8080100@supsi.ch> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Server crashing, no explanations X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 15:08:03 -0000 Hi Roberto, There's nothing in /var/crash Any other ideas? Cheers Alan On 20/05/2008, Roberto Nunnari wrote: > Crash dumps should help. > > > Alan Gilmour wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > We have recently been getting a lot of traffic to one of our sites. > > The CPU is consistently during busy periods using 100% utilisation. > > When this happens we have approx 150 apache threads, and the loads > > goes way above 15. > > > > However recently the server has been auto-restarting (when under heavy > > load) with no explanation in any logs. I've checked the console log, > > messages, db logs e.t.c. but no mention of anything wrong. > > > > Brief server summary : > > > > FreeBSD 6.3-STABLE #0: > > CPU: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.80GHz (2800.11-MHz 686-class CPU) > > Logical CPUs per core: 2 > > real memory = 17716740096 (16896 MB) > > avail memory = 16837763072 (16057 MB) > > FreeBSD/SMP: Multiprocessor System Detected: 4 CPUs > > > > We tried installing mbmon and lmmon and healthd, but none seem to work. > > > > Anyone got any suggestions for other things we can try to detect why > > the server is failing? or other ways to check things like CPU temp and > > memory status? > > > > Cheers > > > > Alan > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > -- This message, together with any attachments, is for the confidential and exclusive use of the intended addressee(s). If you receive it in error, please delete the message. All information contained within this e-mail is without prejudice. Do not disclose, copy, circulate or use any information contained herein.