[Bigjob-users] cyder.cct.lsu.edu

[Ole Weidner]

No, unfortunately, not. 

Ole.

On Jan 11, 2012, at 10:59 AM, Joohyun Kim wrote:

> Ole,
> 
> Do you have any sense about what programs could drive that situation? It
> is worth knowing what caused such a situation to avoid the same problem.
> 
> JK
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 1/10/12 9:10 PM, "Ole Weidner" <oweidner at cct.lsu.edu> wrote:
> 
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I finally got access to the server room and the rack were we keep
>> cyder.cct.lsu.edu. After connecting monitor and keyboard, it turned out
>> that the machine had completely run out of memory and the kernel finally
>> barfed and halted the system.
>> 
>> Now, Cyder has 64GB (!) of RAM and it's somewhat beyond my comprehension
>> why the machine would ever run out of memory, unless of course someone
>> runs simulation codes with ultra-high memory requirements. If that's the
>> case, please refrain from doing that. As you might have noticed, it is
>> not exactly trivial to get access to the machine in order to reboot it,
>> once it hangs.
>> 
>> cyder.cct.lsu.edu is back online
>> 
>> Best,
>> Ole
>> 
>> 
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