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 -- Jeff Lasman, Nobaloney Internet Services P.O. Box 52200, Riverside, CA 92517 Our jplists address used on lists is for list email only voice: +1 951 643-5345, or see: "http://www.nobaloney.net/contactus.html";
