[LUAU] Server Issues

[R. Scott Belford]

On Sunday 31 July 2005 04:53 pm, Matt Darnell wrote:
> Aloha,
>
> I am having trouble with one of our servers.
>
> Background:
> It is a Dell 1750 with hardware SCSI Raid 1.  We are running Debian.
>
> The server fell apart last weekend (after fsck from a rescue CD the
> '/' file system was empty).  We wiped the disks, loaded the base
> debian, and restored our back ups.  The back up is an image type, i.e.
> all the same bianaries were restored.
>
> This weekend it was acting wierd again and will not return after a
> reboot.  We have restored to anther server and are back up & running.
>
> Question:
> Does anyone know of a Linux 'rescue CD' that i can boot off of and run
> tests on the hard drive system?  I think they write all different
> kinds of patterns to the disks.
>
> Googling led to Memtest86, I am running it now.

Matt, have you had a chance to look at bonnie++.  I am sure that knoppix will 
have it.  The Ultimate Boot CD has some pretty good utilities.

>
> Aloha,
> Matt

--scott