Herbert Poetzl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Some data points: >> >> 1. I recently moved our vservers from a 2.4.19 uniprocessor machine to >> a 2.4.20 SMP one, with approrpriate upgrades in the ctx patch. So, >> three varibles there: kernel version, SMP, and ctx version. > > ... and hardware (ram, I/O, etc) and maybe network ... > maybe even the distribution? some upgrade/update?
True. Both were running the same version of Debian. > >> 2. I had never experienced this sort of thing on the 2.4.19 machine. > > ... for how long, and under what load/conditions? > have they changed too? I'd say about two months. Load is the same -- fairly light. >> 3. This machine is a brand-new Linux-supported Dell server, so >> hardware is unlikely to be an issue. > > ... brand new "Linux-supported" big company server > never made any problems (like compaq/hp/ibm ???), > please wake up ... I'm not saying that. I'm just saying that it's unlikely that the RAM has suddenly failed on this new machine. I might suspect it a bit more on a 4-year-old one. -- John
