Crash Forensics - Any good tips ?

[drmurdoch]

Is there any good resources to help with Crash Forensics ?

I also have PIAF on GPC2, and had a similar crash over the weekend. I don't know where to begin with forensics.

Any tips for newbs ?

 

[TheShniz]

Oh gosh, there's a very blanketed question if ever I heard one...

Could be any number of problems:
hardware (pc, switch, router, etc)
software (corruption, bug, configuration)
ITSP (i.e. SIP/IAX Provider)
environmental (power, surge, etc)

...My car is a GM w/ four wheels, and it's having a problem... what can I do?

1.) Check "the logs"
2.) Check Munin (provided you installed it)

 

[drmurdoch]

Could be any number of problems:
hardware (pc, switch, router, etc)
software (corruption, bug, configuration)

One Hope is that the "Full Orgasmatron" deployments might have less of this ... as this is more standardized than a typical PIAF setup.

ITSP (i.e. SIP/IAX Provider)

Probably a difficult thing to control.

environmental (power, surge, etc)

Hopefully, this would be more "one off" problems in most situations.

1.) Check "the logs"

I'll try to read how this is done.

2.) Check Munin (provided you installed it)

I'll research it. Thanks.

 

[TheShniz]

Well...............

To say that 'Full Orgasmatron' installs would experience less hardware failure just cuz PiaF has an ISO just for it would be WAY off-base. The point of the Walmart Special is it's a.) prepackaged - so you don't have to know how to build a PC, and b.) it's lower than dirt cheap. Don't mislead yourself that the machine itself is of higher quality or resiliancy than more expensive options.

Think of it this way, you have a $200 machine that has a 3GHz whatever processor with 2GB of memory and blah blah blah... over here, you have the same 3GHz processor and same 2GB of memory and blah blah blah, but it's $1,000.

^^^ Are there any differences?

Well ofcourse... sure brand names may tend to blow up price, but it's a very commoditized market too. So while it may have the same "Intel Inside" or whatever at the center, you could expect a higher quality motherboard, higher quality power supply, and so on... summarized, it could be equated to "Made in China" versus "Made in USA/Japan/etc".

Hardware failures can stop a machine from working just as easily as it can create corruption or kill another high quality component (such as that $300+ audioboard you have sitting in that $200 PC).

...sorry for the rant.

The Walmart special is good for home users, hobbyists, and those just starting out... you would not run a business on one (atleast I wouldn't).

Troubleshooting anything computer-based is detective work, and you really do need a starting point... and perhaps the best place is to see where you're at right now: does it seem to be working okay now?

 

[drmurdoch]

Good tips.
But the CPU runs at around 3% on average and the Memory runs at 40-50% steady.
I am going to migrate to a nicer PC as time permits .

That being said, I think Ward discusses some "Asterisk Hell" issues in this article - http://nerdvittles.com/index.php?p=216 - some of which mention the benefits of the Orgasmatron deployment as having less install issues because it's a setup that has been tested. Certainly we are talking slightly different issues (install predictability vs. performance predictability).

Thanks for your help.