On Sun, Jul 24, 2011 at 12:05:50AM +1000, Leo Subscriptions wrote: > I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 (64 bit) and experience the occasional 'system > freeze'. By freeze I mean a complete freeze of the system (ie. no system > log entries, but system [ie. disks] is still running). > > I have reported this is an Ubuntu bug a while ago, but have noticed that > the three times this has happened an amanda backup was running. I even > moved the time of the backup to prove the point > > I'm running a RAID1, with one of my folders encrypted. Both the holding > disk and final backup disk are single disks. > > My question is if anybody could think that amanada could be the > contributing factor for the failure and if so how. >
The workload caused by amanda may stress some parts of the system. I'd look at memory with memtest86+. The heavy load may also be revealing defects in the raid/encryption software or hardware. Jon -- Jon H. LaBadie j...@jgcomp.com JG Computing 12027 Creekbend Drive (703) 787-0884 Reston, VA 20194 (703) 787-0922 (fax)
