[Samba] samba-3.6.0-server frequent crashes

[Jeremy Allison]

On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 05:28:59PM +0000, luxInteg wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
> I have a samba server deployed.
> The machine has these:
> cpu:         amd64  -4 cores
> motherboard :GA-990XA-UD3 with 6 sata ports and 
> StarTech 2 Port SATA 6Gbps PCIe SATA Card
> memory:      16GBytes
> disks:        raid 10 (6 disks)
> os:            cblfs/linux kernel-3.1.5 pure 64bit and  samba-3.6.0
> 
> The  machine in deployed  as a data-storage-device    for  windows7-based  
> machines doing  3d graphics rendering using 
> 3d-StudioMax.  There are 8 client machines  with plans to expand this to ~20.  
> The rendering machins do frequent writes and reads to the samba server  which 
> also runs linux software raid  (RAID10).    The smb.conf has these:
> 
>   
> 
> 
> [global]
>     workgroup = WORKGROUP      
>     netbios name = WHATEVER  
>     server string = Samba %v on (%L)
>    
>     encrypt passwords = True
>     security = user
>     smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd
>     log file = /var/log/sambaUSER-log.%m      
>     socket options = IPTOS_LOWDELAY TCP_NODELAY
> 
>     hosts allow = 192.168.0.   127.
>     host deny =   0.0.0.0/0
>     
>     interfaces = eth* lo
>     bind interfaces only = yes
> 
>     dos charset = cp850
>     unix charset = ISO-8859-1   
>     load printers = yes
>     max log size = 50    
>     local master = yes
>     printing = cups
>     guest account = guest
>     os level = 99
>     dns proxy = no 
>     wins support = yes
>     
> #[ipc$]
> #    hosts allow = 192.168.0.0/24 127.0.0.1
> #    hosts deny = 0.0.0.0/0
> 
> [homes] 
>     comment = Home Directories 
>     valid users = %S 
>     read only = no 
>     browseable = no 
> 
> [printers]
>     comment = All Printers
>     path = /var/spool/samba
>     browseable = yes
>     guest ok =  yes
>     printable = yes
>     browseable = yes
>     writable = no
>     create mask = 0700
>     public = yes
> 
> 
> there is no firewall yet
> 
> It is a new setup and the server is crashing daily. We do not know the  cause 
> of the crashes  but here are some  unusual ways  the server us currently used:

When you say "the server is crashing daily" do you mean kernel panics/freezes ?

Jeremy.