Can you live with just one processor? You would probably have much better luck with SMP disabled.
Joe On 6/28/05, Matt Juszczak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Some of you have read my posts from the previous few days but I am really > stuck right now. Sorry if this is repeated information for anyone. > > We're running FreeBSD at work on our main mail server, which is now > crashing 2 times per day. I need to find a new solution soon, or I could > risk losing my job which would really stink. > > The machine itself is fine, and I know this because 1) I've tested the > memory and 2) This problem I am experiencing is occuring on more than one > machine. > > OpenBSD is known for its stability, and I'm wondering what everyone's > opinion on stability would be with a SuperMicro Dual Xeon 3.06 ghz (SMP) > and 4 GM RAM, running postfix with LDAP and 10,000 users. If I can get a > stable system up and running I'll be really happy. > > Apparently, there is something called a ttwakeup bug and there's some SMP > code problems in FreeBSD 5.4 that wasn't apparent in 4.11 (which is why > that runs stable for me) causing all these problems. I would hope that > with the branch off of OpenBSD these problems wouldn't exist in the OS. > > Any responses would be appreciated :) > > Regards, > > Matt
