[LinuxUsers] what caused this crash?

[Jeff Lasman]

On Monday 20 July 2009 06:43 am, Todd Lyons wrote:

> Are these particular servers 5+ years old?  One thing to consider is
> that the power supply could be degrading which causes more noise (not
> regulated as well) and putting a new one in could make the
> instability go away.

Interesting point, Todd.  Thanks.  This server is about five years old 
or so.  We recently had a power supply fail on a server about the same 
age.  I'm going to start looking at replacing the oldest of our 
servers.

> Any buildup of dust?  That's insulation, making it harder for heat to
> be dispersed.  Or in general, poor airflow in that area.  If it's in
> your colo though, I really doubt it, and I'd be very concerned if
> there was dust buildup in the computer(s).

No dust in the last one I opened (the one with the bad power supply) 
about two weeks ago.  The DC at least is clean <smile>.

However, the room is too hot, and we've notified the DC about a week 
ago.  We're going to notify them again today, and if it's still too hot 
next week we're going to start decommissioning that DC.

Again, thanks.

Jeff
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