From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 30 23:21:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC3D316A417 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:21:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ronald@jesdesign.nl) Received: from rcpaul.xs4all.nl (rcpaul.xs4all.nl [213.84.170.90]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6984943D55 for ; Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:21:03 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ronald@jesdesign.nl) Received: from [192.168.0.2] (muis [192.168.0.2]) by rcpaul.xs4all.nl (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id k9UNKqsa078169; Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:20:52 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from ronald@jesdesign.nl) Message-ID: <454688D3.1020304@jesdesign.nl> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 00:20:51 +0100 From: Ronald Paul Organization: Jesdesign V.O.F. User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Cristian Mijea References: <454399E5.3030904@jesdesign.nl> <44psc9r5dv.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> <268ac7a80610301509k23f88233q6d81179fbb63615e@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <268ac7a80610301509k23f88233q6d81179fbb63615e@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Cc: Lowell Gilbert , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Instable machine; hardware or not? 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: Mon, 30 Oct 2006 23:21:06 -0000 Cristian Mijea wrote: >> Yes, it's probably a hardware problem, and yes, it will probably be >> hard to prove that. Assuming your time has some value, I would >> recommend replacing the whole machine; that way, you can have it set >> up and tested before moving it out on location. > > If the server can work "rock-solid" for a week, I would look at the > heat factor and also try a new clean install. > Anyway if time is a factor a new machine is probably a good idea. An offline-replier advised me to look at the power supply. And since that's relatively easy to do and cheap, I'll go with that first. It now has a 300 watt no-name PSU for less then €30,-. I've played with the thought (sorry for this Dutch English) of a second machine (this time in a datacenter closer to where I live :-) ) since it's the easiest way to upgrade everything without any downtime. Anyway, thanks for your advices! -- Met vriendelijke groet, Ronald Paul