From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 13 23:21:55 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C2CD910656E2 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:21:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frederique@isafeelin.org) Received: from progress.isafeelin.org (progress.isafeelin.org [84.244.146.92]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 81CD58FC13 for ; Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:21:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frederique@isafeelin.org) Received: from progress.isafeelin.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by progress.isafeelin.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F32DE130D4C for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:04:48 +0100 (CET) Received: from [192.168.1.15] (s55919a03.adsl.wanadoo.nl [85.145.154.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by progress.isafeelin.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C4B2B130D28 for ; Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:04:48 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <496D1DED.7050003@isafeelin.org> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:04:13 +0100 From: Frederique Rijsdijk User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.19 (Windows/20081209) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <28283d910901131456k1a94b322td46cea93406c6df@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <28283d910901131456k1a94b322td46cea93406c6df@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: updated to 7.1 via cvs source, PAE kernel. server unstable X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:21:57 -0000 matt donovan schreef: > On Tue, Jan 13, 2009 at 4:32 PM, brad davison < > demonichandextensions@hotmail.com> wrote: >> Since then, we have had severe server instability after a few hours. The >> server completely locks up requiring a hard boot, then the fsck_ufs runs for >> a while. This is our production mail server, and we've been down off and on >> for 2 days. >> > > could be due to PAE. since PAE is known not to be very stable. > First thing I'd try too. Compile a GENERIC kernel and see if that brings any improvement. If it does, perhaps consider running AMD64 in stead of PAE. Alot more stable. -- FR