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 <[email protected]>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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Pedro M. S. Oliveira > IT Consultant > Email: [email protected] > URL: http://pedro.linux-geex.com > Cellular: +351 96 5867227 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > 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. > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > > BackupPC-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > > > > > -- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > BackupPC-users mailing list > [email protected] > List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users > Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net > Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/ > >
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