Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 14 Apr 2006 11:02:40 -0700 | From | "Michael Madore" <> | Subject | Re: Lockup/reboots on multiple dual core Opteron systems |
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On 4/14/06, David Lang <dlang@digitalinsight.com> wrote: > On Fri, 14 Apr 2006, Michael Madore wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I have several dozen systems based on the AMD 8111/8131 chipset which > > are experiencing lockups or reboots while under heavy stress. All > > systems are configured identically: > > > > (2) dual core Opteron 285 processors > > 8 GB RAM > > 1 IDE hard disk > > > > When the lockup occurs, there is no information printed to the screen, > > and magic sysrq does not work. The systems will often lockup within > > a matter of hours, but sometimes they can run for several days before > > locking up. > > > > The testing involves: > > > > 1) Allocate several GB of memory from each node and read/write to it. > > 2) Perform lots of disk I/O > > 3) Keep all cores busy > > > > I see the lockup no matter which kernel I try: > > > > 2.6.5 (SLES 9) > > 2.6.9 (RHEL 4) > > 2.6.16 (kernel.org) > > > > The systems will run perfectly stable under the following conditions: > > > > 1) Use a 32-bit kernel > > or > > 2) Boot 64-bit kernel with mem=3000M > > or > > 3) Don't perform any disk I/O during the test > > > > I have also tested the dual core 8GB combination on both NForce and > > Serverworks based motherboards with the same results. In this case > > both systems were using SATA hard disks instead of IDE. > > > > Any ideas what the culprit could be? > > > > Mike > > I'm fighting similar problems on one machine at home (single dual core, 4G > ram nforce 939 motherboard, 1 ide, 10 3ware, 1 adaptec controlled drives). > It's locked up under the ubuntu and gentoo install disk kernels. I did > have it running for a day and a half under 2.6.17-rc1, but I managed to > corrupt the install and haven't gotten back to that kernel yet to confirm > it's long-term stability.
Who makes your motherboard? Also, how do you trigger the lockup?
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