[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Periodic crashes on Redhat 8.0

[bryn konti]

--- Minh Duong <minh_duong at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> I turned off all the ACPI features in BIOS and it
> still crashes.  The last time it died I was in the
> middle of reading /var/log/messages logs.
> 
> The information I get from the logs is that is is
> not
> a software issue.  The machine just stops working. 
> By
> default, my server checks cron every hour to see if
> any jobs are scheduled.  It is apparent that the
> server stops checking cron the right after it
> crashes.
>  Plus the fact that I was in the middle of something
> when it died.  I have a sneaking suspicion that it
> is
> hardware.
 
I think your the power supply in that machine might be
poopy. Have you tried swapping out a spare PS and
seeing if that doesn't fix the problem? If the PS
doesn't fix the problem it might be a flaky hard
drive...I've seen them get odd failures like that just
before they're ready for the crapper. Also, do you
have hardware or software raid implemented on this
machine?? 

Cheers,

Bryn



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