Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2005 11:51:29 -0400 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Jason Lieurance <jason@vipersystems.biz> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: server reboots every 9 hrs like clock-work Message-ID: <20050927155129.GA29789@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <3721.192.168.1.135.1127830622.squirrel@vipersystems.biz> References: <3721.192.168.1.135.1127830622.squirrel@vipersystems.biz>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Sep 27, 2005 at 10:17:02AM -0400, Jason Lieurance wrote: > Hello, > > Our file server is a compaq proliant 320DL 1U w/ 512MB ram, 18GB 320 scsi, 73GB 320 > scsi, P3 1 Ghz, running FreeBSD 4.9, samba 3.0.5. > > HAd it for about 16 months, been running great. About 3 months ago it rebooted with > nothing in the logs or any track of a problem. I chalked it up to isolated glick. > THen another reboot a month later. Now its every 9 hours give or take some minutes > and seconds. Again, nothing in the logs. > > First, I added more ram(crucial)(only had 256MB initially), no help. then I ran > memtest and running it with 128MB it uses mlock and runs and says no problems. > Whenever I try to run memtest with more than 128, it won't mlock it(says can't) and > says it will be slower and less relieable but it finishes not-the-less and its ok. > > I've run fsck -fy /dev/(mount) on all the mounts. It fines and fixes stuff on some > reboots but it doesn't always fine errors(its a file server so I figure there'll be > some since files were open when it rebooted). > > I frustrated and don't know what to do. Check power supply, CPU cooling, try putting it behind a UPS in case your AC power is dropping out (e.g. due to increased load from something kicking in every 9 hours, etc). Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFDOWqAWry0BWjoQKURAs0RAKDRgmxrAGQNGvNMxgwftqX/X6+YEgCg5OWv xaCGmmPxAu83YJ71x9B3wVU= =aTfH -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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