On 12/29/06, Michal Wokoun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But when I run a full backup on workstation with about 25 GB of user data in > small files (mostly word and excel documents), the fileserver freezes > after circa > half an hour - leds on keybord blinking and I have to push the hard > reset. There > are no error messages in /var/log/messages. Raid arrays are not clear > after reset, > but they sync very quikly during boot and also XFS (file shares) and > EXT3 (system) > usually recovers. Problem is probably not the memory, because the > fileserver is about > 14 days old and I ran memtest86+ without errors prior to installing OS. > I use rsyncd, but got the same problem with samba transfer method. > I also copied 120 GB of data in large files to the fileserver smoothly > through samba.
The problem isn't a problem with BackupPC if the machine is hard locking. It's either a kernel or a hardware problem. How long did you run memtest for, was it at least 24 hours? In addition to memtest, I also recommend running mprime for 24 hours (run one for each core you have on your system) which will ensure that your CPUs can handle high heat/load situations. I have had systems which run memtest for days, but mprime generated an error after ~24 hours or so and finally determined the CPU was bad. To help debug the system lockup, are you able to see anything on the console? You may need to connect a serial console to debug further as often system lockups don't log anything to /var/log/messages but they will show up on the console. Also, if you are running vanilla kernels, I would make sure you are running 2.6.19.1. -Dave ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
