[BackupPC-users] Re: Backup worked with the excluded directories.

[Craig B. <cr...@at...>]

> Have another issue that may be related. Most of the server machines are SMP
> boxes. Occassionally one of them dies completely (total hang) for no
> apparent reason other than it's always during a backup. Here the last error
> log. Seems as though it's trying to backup the core through the proc file
> system.
> 
> I've now asked it to skip this directory. This machine has 1G of RAM in it
> with 2 CPUs. Perhaps this is an issue on RedHat 7.1+ (the 2.4 kernels). I'll
> see if skipping helps. It'll probably take a few days to figure out if it's
> gone stable.

Skipping /proc sounds like the right thing to try.  Tell us how you
get along.

> On another note I'm eyeing off the RS6000 twin CPU box as a backup client
> candidate. Any experience with these machines?

I don't have any experience with that platform.  You probably don't
need a huge amount CPU horsepower; disk and network performance are
important.

Regards,
Craig