Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC working for a year, all of a sudden nothin

No, it was the RAM, I haded 4 hard after putting the new RAM it still works like a charm.
If it was a power matter the server would not work right with the extra consumption, and the machine as two power supplies.
And i didn't told but the ram was ECC.
Just changed it the RAM stick and it worked just fine.
Cheers
Pedro

On Friday 02 January 2009 15:41:23 dan wrote:
> That doesnt sound like faulty RAM was the base issue. It sounds like a
> buggy power supply, which can slowly degrade system components. The RAM may
> have been stressed by bad power and reached a point where it would no
> operate properly when the voltage fluctuated. Replacing the RAM may just be
> putting in new RAM that can handle the power issues for a while. You could
> see another component fail for no apparent reason if it is indeed the power
> supply. You should really consider doing a load test on your power supply.
> There are some guides online for this, it can be done with a multimeter and
> something to put a load on the system like a TEC attached to a rheostat.
>
> This is one good reason to use ECC RAM. The error checking circuitry is
> designed to function well outside the tolerances of the RAM it is attached
> to.
>
> On Fri, Jan 2, 2009 at 5:38 AM, Pedro M. S. Oliveira
> <pmsoliveira AT gmail DOT com>wrote:
>
> > The same happened to me and the strangest part is i could compile the
> > kernel, and do all the memory tests just fine, as you i also had new ram so
> > after changing lots of things like network cards, removing hardware and so
> > one i changed the ram (the ones that all the tests said it was fine) and
> > voilá... it started working like a charm.
> > The curious is it just stopped working while doing the backups, I manage
> > several hosts ones with tar, other with rsync and some others with samba.
> > I think the memory would only stop if working under stress for a long time
> > (as the kernel compilation does) but with the kernel compilation maybe it
> > wasn't long enough. As backuppc uses compression, encryption and high IO for
> > a long time it probably stresses the computer more than the kernel
> > compilation.
> >
> >
> > Probably the same is happening to you.
> > Cheers,
> > Pedro
> >
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> > On Friday 02 January 2009 04:00:59 Gene Horodecki wrote:
> > > I've been backing up my house with backuppc a very long time and never
> > > had any problems. I was using the rsyncd method, but a couple months
> > > ago it dawned on me that I wasn't getting all the files because of
> > > permissions so I switched to the ssh/tar method and it continued to work
> > > just fine.
> > >
> > > However, over the last little while things have stopped working. I have
> > > three 'hosts' that go overnight and not one of them works. With the
> > > ssh/tar method I get 'unexpected end of tar file' and with the ssh/rsync
> > > (as opposed to rsyncd) method I get 'Got fatal error error during xfer
> > > (aborted by signal=PIPE)'
> > >
> > > It almost seems to me like ssh is dying. To make matters worse,
> > > sometimes it takes my entire system down with it and spontaneously
> > > reboots. I do notice ssh using up almost 80% cpu while the backup is
> > > going but otherwise I don't see anything abnormal, other then the system
> > > going away...
> > >
> > > I've done the following two things in the last month:
> > > 1) increased my RAM from 1G to 3G
> > > 2) upgraded from ubuntu 7.10 to ubuntu 8.10
> > >
> > > I just tried upgrading backuppc from whatever version I have to the
> > > newest one, and it's still doing the same thing. Please help??!?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > >
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Re: [BackupPC-users] BackupPC working for a year, all of a sudden nothing works