[KLUG Members] RE: Old server spontaneously reboots

Robert V. Kanaley members@kalamazoolinux.org
Fri, 7 May 2004 07:06:36 -0500


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>> I am open to suggestions as to what is going on here. I suspect that
after
>> running continuously for six plus years the power supply is getting
flakey
>> and needs to be replaced. My second guess would be the six year old UPS
>> getting flakey.
>>
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>
>I had similar thing happen it turned out to be the UPS.  I would suggest
>putting another UPS on the machine and see if the problem goes away.

I will be putting another UPS on the server shortly. I don't have any extra
UPS's with serial interfaces laying around. With storms in the area I want
to be sure the server can shut down if the power goes off.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Regards,

Bob

Robert V. Kanaley
Manager Information Systems
Agdia, Inc.
rvk@agdia.com
http://www.agdia.com