Our main FreeBSD server which handles the internet connection, firewall, proxy, mails, samba, DNS, etc. may have a hardware error, since we experience the following problems:
- eventually corrupted data while uncompressing tar.gz files (either with or without a CRC error message meanwhile)
- always signal 11 error when running initdb of postgresql-7.2.1
- eventual failures of other programs, too
- corrupted files when copying solid (compressed or executale) files to and fro on the LAN managed by this server
- cca. once in a week file system error on a specific HDD (this error is a new one, only happens since that HDD was installed, but other errors have been there for more than a year now)
We already tried to replace the RAM, but the errors remained.
Is there a good hardware tester for *nix that can locate the source of the errors, or any tip what can cause the above problems?

Have a look at http://sourceforge.net/projects/va-ctcs
Thats a hardware test suite.But it is not really meant for production systems.Plus the errormsgs. you get out of it are a bit cryptic.

I'm a good hardware tester....just email me for my postal details and I'll test anything

Hi, Aussie

Are you a beta version or a stable one?
Just to be on the safe side. You know this is a production server...

Aussie,

alpha, very alpha, and don't blame me if he core dumps on your carpet.

I can't think of any useful hardware tests aside from picking through dmesg for seek-read errors.

Cheers,

Finegan

Core dumps on your carpet! Are ALL Australians like that? I would have hoped some were housetrained!

Jim

Only when we've had a few too many liquid inputs

Aha! Its that XXXX stuff - from north of the banana curtain.

Hell no...wouldn't touch that stuff with your lips
Tooheys Old for me

Well, if you can't get Coopers, you can do a lot worse than Old. For hardware debugging, I supect you need more, either drugs or religion. Not sure which is the better, though.

Jim