Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 12:12:55 -0400 From: Bill Moran <wmoran@columbus.rr.com> Cc: freebsd-smp@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Whats is this? FBSD 4.1 isn't stable! Message-ID: <39CB8507.F9F786BB@columbus.rr.com> References: <XFMail.000920133558.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin wrote: > On 20-Sep-00 O. Hartmann wrote: > > not happen! I think not to have faulty hardware, because this server runs now > > for about 2 and a half year without any hardware fault! > > So? Hardware goes bad. I.e., it works fine for a while, and then > *wham* it breaks one day. In fact, your hardware could have already been > somewhat marginal to begin with, and the stress of making world may have > caused something to overheat and cause the hardware to break, esp. memory > or CPU. Bad memory and CPU's often cause Sig 11's. To add my $.02 to this. We generally consider hardware suspect after 2 years of heavy use (servers, for example) simply because it's seen 17000 hours of use. Equipment does wear out, and depending on the actual usage, a 2 year old server can easily be scrap (especially when it's plugged into the same circuit as the air conditioning ... stupid clients - I didn't say that!) -Bill To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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