Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003 13:16:35 -0800 From: "Michael K. Smith" <mksmith@noanet.net> To: Steve Warwick <ukla@attbi.com> Cc: <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Freebsd - restarting itself - followup Message-ID: <E4E94BBF-5E3D-11D7-BD8B-003065CA9420@noanet.net> In-Reply-To: <BAA4B3FF.46A4%ukla@attbi.com>
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Hello Steve: On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 01:09 PM, Steve Warwick wrote: > Hi All, > > Thanks to all of you that replied so promptly to my question. However I > think I failed to outline the situation clearly enough so with the > responses > so far in mind... > > Question was: Is it possible for FreeBSD to shut itself down and > restart for > no reason? > > - The "new server in question has been running at another facility > without > any problems for about 4 months so I am assuming it is "burned in" and > stable. > > - The logs (var/log/messages, /var/log/httpd-error.log) do not show any > obvious issues such as kernel panics, just a hard restart (/ not > dismounted > correctly) > > - As far as I can tell the box has not been exploited -- if someone we > restarting the machine via software then / would dismount correctly. > > > Further thoughts, suggestions? I would seriously suspect my provider at this point. Are they supplying you with AC power straight from the wall, or do you have a UPS of some sort in line between the power source and your server? If you're running straight, you may want to consider getting a UPS that has either SNMP or syslog facility so you can trap out any alarms if/when the AC from the wall fails. Mike ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Michael K. Smith NoaNet 206.219.7116 (work) 206.579.8360 (cell) mksmith@noanet.net http://www.noanet.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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