[Asterisk-Users] * box hangs after a couple of days...

[Florian Overkamp]

Hi Steven, 

> -----Original Message-----
> You seem to have too much confidence in your raid setup. I'm 
> wondering if you are using a highpoint semi software raid 
> since you have mentioned an AMD machine and IDE drives. You 
> probably are having IDE problems arising from the number of 
> interupts needed for zap hardware. Looks like you need to go 
> looking for some replacement hardware.

This is a rather bold statement. Can you comment on why IDE raid might get a
conflict in handling irq's with zaptel hardware ?

We are all aware of the amount of interrupts needed by zaptel, but I've
handled quite a few boxes with mirrored IDE configs with zaptel cards in
them, and I've never seen that to be a problem - unless the raid-software
starts syncing. In that case the zaptel drivers might become a little
crappy, but I've never seen it crash, even at high loads...

I would _love_ to create an inventory of issues that can, under reproducable
conditions, kill asterisk and/or the box it runs on. This might allow all of
us to learn from each other and see what kind of configs to avoid.

Best regards,
Florian