[aclug-L] Re: Help my Servers falling and won't stay up

[Denis Medvedev <t_mdl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Please tell me what kernel version do you use!
Kernel versions prior to 2.4.17 were highly unstable
on
heavy memory loads. Even 2.4.17 is not very stable.
The results can be that you described.
--- Clint Brubakken <cabrubak@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> We are running a redhat 7.2 server, rackspace
> installed (so I don't know
> the whole configuration), and its locking up when we
> do to much with it.
> 
> The latest incidences happened when tgzing the /home
> directory to make a
> back up.
> 
> The first time, I was creating the tar in my home
> directory which was
> being tarred, and so i created a loop.
> 
> The second time I was creating it in the /tmp and it
> locked up in the
> middle. 
> 
> I was doing a top at the time, and never saw the
> load get above 1.17, 
> and the memory taken for gzip was at 64%, which is a
> lot but not enough
> to lock up the server I'd think.
> 
> Both times it locked up so bad, they we couldn't
> ssh, or run any
> services off it and it had to be rebooted by hand. 
> 
> I'm going to be looking into pam and limits, but it
> didn't seem like it
> was a problem like that. 
> 
> Any ideas or suggestions?
> 
> Clint Brubakken
> President in Exile
> 
> 
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