This is a wild guess, but it might be due to kernel panics related to write 
caching (which is on by default since 4.6) Such a panic will happen when 
ever heavy disc load occurs.

Try setting hw.ata.wc="0" in /boot/loader.conf and see if the problem goes 
away.

Will

On Monday 24 March 2003 21:20, someone, possibly Steve Warwick, typed:
> Hi All,
>
> Is it possible for FreeBSD to shut itself down and restart for no reason?
>
> My machine was restarted last night and my hosting company claims they
> did not touch the server or have any problems. This has been going of for
> a few months now -- intermittent restarts that no one claims
> responsibility for.
>
> This is a new machine with the latest OS (4.7) so I can't blame a faulty
> power supply or something like -- I have more fans than Britney in the
> server, for HD and CPU so I don't think it's a temp problem.
>
>
> Thoughts, suggestions?
>
> TIA
>
>
> Steve
>
>
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