SC1425 Server Hangs

[Gareth Bult]

Hi,

It has 4Gb of RAM, it's not swapping out anything worth talking
about ...
(possibly 100k)

Gareth.

On Sat, 2006-10-14 at 11:45 +0000, Jeroen wrote:

> Try monitoring if it's running out of memory and swapspace, if you have a
> memory leaking application somewhere it won't matter how much memory you
> throw at it, it'll just keep nibbeling it away until it bleeds to death
> resulting in a situation you describe.
> 
> Jeroen Wunnink
> Easyhosting.nl sysadmin
> 
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> --------- Oorspronkelijk bericht --------
> Van: Gareth Bult <gareth at encryptec.net>
> Naar: PowerEdge <linux-poweredge at dell.com>
> Onderwerp: SC1425 Server Hangs
> Datum: 14/10/06 08:15
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> > Hi,
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> > We have a number of SC1425's, one in particular runs as a thin client
> sever.
> > (Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / LTSP)
> >
> > Approximately once a week, it hangs.
> > For one reason or another (remote site) I've not been able to see what's
> on the console when it goes down and there's nothing in the logs when it
> comes back up. (reset button)
> >
> > When it's down, various ports &quot;respond&quot; in terms of connections
> apparently opening, but no applications activate on the box.
> > (i.e. can connect to port 22 on the server, but there is no response
> beyond the connection)
> >
> > Server responds to pings.
> >
> > Config is dual-2.8G Xeon, (dual core), 4Gb RAM, single disk, NFS mounted
> home.
> >
> > Box goes down when (relatively) lightly loaded.
> >
> > Other non-dell servers, same sort of config and /home NFS mount continue
> unhindered.
> >
> > So, not network, not nfs, not load .. anyone got any ideas ?
> >
> > tia
> > Gareth.
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Gareth Bult, Encryptec Limited
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