Server Weirdness

[Mark Lane]

Update FSCK is finding problems but they appear to be related to the random
shutdowns.

On Sat, Oct 10, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Mark Lane <lmlane-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> I have been having problems with a CentOS 5.3 Fileserver (64 Bit) lately
> that wants to run reboot all of a sudden. It was up for over 200 days
> without an issue. I have run a burn in on the server and it was fine.
> Checked the memory with memcheck86+ and it was fine. Ran a CPU burn-in along
> with bonnie++ looping for 5 hours and the I couldn't get the CPU to over
> heat or the power supply to choke on heavy load. It seems to be a power
> management problem, yet am even running the same kernel that it ran for 200
> days hasn't made the system stable. I did have to replace the motherboard
> battery but I have restored the BIOS settings and the problems existed
> before the battery went. The system just stops working without warning and
> it's getting worse.  It only seems to happen when it's somewhat idle for an
> extended period.
>
> It's a Athlon 64x2 3800+ Running on a MSI K9N Platinum with Linux software
> raid 5 across 4 WD 250 Satas. I have checked the drives and they seem fine.
> I am currently running FSCK to see if it finds any problems.
>
> Anyone else experiencing problems with CentOS 5.3 lately? I am wondering if
> it's a package that might be causing the instability. And yes I have checked
> to see if the system was compromised but I haven't found anything.
>
>
> --
> Mark Lane <lmlane-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
>
>


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Mark Lane <lmlane-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
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