From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 29 22:39:17 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F526DF9 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:39:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from paul.chakravarti@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ea0-x22e.google.com (mail-ea0-x22e.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4013:c01::22e]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 122E52FB9 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:39:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ea0-f174.google.com with SMTP id z15so541787ead.19 for ; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:39:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to; bh=di2/0LFPjrbQI4LbOhn1ATuHIaaB4CgygDSPRjlJB9A=; b=DBXDimRXG7wv5eHoQJwHej6+iv8/VtGXBmaLQdkwMPcJRhoW58w0vcuAabSOV6uZRM XipeqIdsZOib1zcUUx0hQuYIqjE2/T7fwGk6yUG489zLt0VVBvZxeVmC+Rh1RTuAhKx4 1VlK0usnokkqalLaU97ZGsAeToIYKFkASqHkbMkSA2rbiG0H9KuCTTewitmVyUKOkqpN FI2jgNeDLN5Dh6P2STKOKYBJUDAKSOHMt0AG4r2q6mo0w7P/BFRg80CUOgWYeYmp80wg tC8+MzKv6n9NVFr0L83Nkc55yc2RFvGjwdcx3/MrG6rgwahBcQjWS12wmX8XQw+1WOGk GAqQ== X-Received: by 10.14.38.14 with SMTP id z14mr30067eea.89.1377815955330; Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:39:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.1.125] (cpc5-stav13-2-0-cust54.aztw.cable.virginmedia.com. [94.174.63.55]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id n48sm49874545eeg.17.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:39:14 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: OVH KS-2G Random Reboots [FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p6] Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1283) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 From: Paul Chakravarti In-Reply-To: <16DAA4D4-76A2-4454-B592-4E07EB2E1D64@ultra-secure.de> Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 23:39:04 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <624E4579-9AC2-4C35-8AAC-11D1AFC58A49@gmail.com> References: <16DAA4D4-76A2-4454-B592-4E07EB2E1D64@ultra-secure.de> To: Rainer Duffner X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1283) Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2013 22:39:17 -0000 On 29 Aug 2013, at 22:54, Rainer Duffner wrote: >=20 > Am 29.08.2013 um 23:09 schrieb Paul Chakravarti = : >=20 >>=20 >> Hello, >>=20 >> I was wondering if anyone else is having reboot issues running = FreeBSD 9.1 on the OVH KS-2G low-cost dedicated servers (amazingly cheap = at =A32.49/month - see = http://www.ovh.co.uk/dedicated_servers/kimsufi.xml).=20 >>=20 >> I am running FreeBSD 9.1-RELEASE-p6 and am getting multiple random = reboots daily (sometimes hours apart, sometimes minutes). >>=20 >> Unfortunately there is no evidence anywhere on the system of the = cause of these, in particular nothing at all in logs other then the = kernel coming back up and nothing in /var/crash (I do have dumpdev=3DAUTO = in rc.conf).=20 >>=20 >> I am running the standard kernel updated by 'freebsd-update' and have = removed the OVH RTM stuff. There is no particular load on the system at = the time. >>=20 >> I suspect that it might be a hardware issue however have tried = extended runs (upto 8 hours) of 'cpuburn' and 'stress' from ports which = run fine. Strangely there seem to be less reboots under heavy load but = that may just be perception. >=20 >=20 >=20 > Could it be that under heavy load, the fans spin up and then the whole = rig is actually cooler? >=20 > Sounds weird, I know. But that was the very first thought that crossed = my mind. >=20 > Can't you just rent another one, transfer your data and then cancel = the contract on the first? >=20 > That way, you really get a different rig ;-) >=20 That's an interesting idea. I have loaded coretemp and monitored CPU = temp during the stress tests (which is pretty stable) but could be = something else on the board. Transferring to new box is a good idea, unfortunately they have sold out = (and have a huge backlog) but hopefully this will sort itself out = shortly. Other then the reboots (!) it's a really good box. Paul =20