Random reboots

[Fabian Wenk]

Hello

Jordi Espasa Clofent wrote:
> I've a couple of this machines [1] in a prduction environment. I suffer 
> random reboots without any clear reason.

> Moreover, I have a lot of services in the boxes: http/https (Apache), 
> SMTP (Postfix), POP/IMAP (Dovecot) and database (MySQL). This point 
> makes too complex to determines what is the origin of the random 
> reboots. I have to say that the strange reboots seems that hasn't direct 
> relation with the system load: they occurs randomly in stress or calm 
> situations.

What Version of FreeBSD are you running on this systems?

I once had a very busy file server which was running FreeBSD 6.0 
and showed similar effects, eg. random crashes every 2 - 3 weeks. 
After some months I discovered that it happens when one of the 
backups was running. Other less busy servers run just fine with 
FreeBSD 6.0.

After upgrading to FreeBSD 6.1 everthing was running stable again.


bye
Fabian