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

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