I have been using BackupPC 3.0.0 on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) for about 3 months, and it has been rock solid.
I would suggest trying alternate hardware, before you switch OS's or BackupPC versions. Dave -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Derr [mailto:cmd...@ucdavis.edu] Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:51 AM To: backuppc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [BackupPC-users] Ubuntu Stability I'm currently running the latest backuppc version that Ubuntu officially supports (it's behind Debian as far as I can tell and I haven't tried to use the Debian version): 3.0.0. Apt-get shows it's the latest available through Stable. Anyway, the system (Tyan 2912G2NR, 8 GB memory, 4 TB in RAID 5) crashes often. Becomes untouchable, I go to the console, hit enter to bring up a logon prompt, then the machine is officially frozen. I figure it's a kernel panic, but I'm not seeing anything telling in any log I can find. This happens almost exclusively when backing up a one of our Windows fileservers using rsync with 700 GB+ data over our 1 Gb link. My thoughts are it could be Ubuntu or it could be the hardware. They system doesn't seem to have any issues except on this one machine's backups, and even then it's not every time (just most of the time). I'm considering moving to Debian and the latest version of Backuppc (3.1...I realize 3.2 is still in beta). I think I just need to backup my /etc/backuppc config files but if I keep the /var/lib/backuppc mount, I should be able to reinstall the system without affecting the backups. Not sure if the 3.1 upgrade is going to talk with the 3.0 backup files though. Thoughts about Ubuntu or my upgrade in general? Thanks, Chris ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Register Now & Save for Velocity, the Web Performance & Operations Conference from O'Reilly Media. Velocity features a full day of expert-led, hands-on workshops and two days of sessions from industry leaders in dedicated Performance & Operations tracks. Use code vel09scf and Save an extra 15% before 5/3. http://p.sf.net/sfu/velocityconf _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
