On Sunday 10 November 2002 06:27 pm, Jim Tarvid wrote: > I had three reboots last night due to a nasty power outage. > > In two of the three cases, named loaded zones (180) slowly and httpd had > trouble with name resoltion (130 virtuals) (makes sense). In both cases, > the machine could be made functional by stopping and starting named and > httpd, maybe more than once. > > In the third case, the machine came up flawlessly. > > This has happened before on different hardware. > > I am beginning to blame BIND 9.2.1. > > I am mulling my options. > > 1) find a named replacement > 2) move named to a separate server > 3) not start either on boot up and write a script to make sure the zones > load properly before starting httpd > 4) abandon mandrake as a server OS > > Any thoughts? > > Jim Tarvid
Jim: There is an old proverb that says an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Any chance of fitting a UPS into the budget? I put one in last summer, and it's already saved me a lot of grief. -- cmg
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