Re: Wireshark-users Digest, Vol 58, Issue 10

["Don McKinnon-AST" <dmckinnon () asttechlabs com>]

On Mar 10, 2011, at  15:22:06 , Larry Dieterich wrote:

> > > Does it seem unlikely that a problem related to EMF would only affect
one software process on one computer?
> > It might or might not.  Depends how strong the EMF is to the one computer
it's crashing on; what's insulating the said computer, etc.  Remember the
Inverse Square Law.  However, it does sound rather far-fetched without
knowing more details.  Of course, if your Helix server is sitting in the
same room as one of the Large Hadron Collider's superconducting magnets at
CERN, then yes!  ;-)
> >
>
> The server computer has been moved to two different physical locations
within the facility and there seems to be no change in the crashiness.
> I think I'm about ready to rule out EMF as a possible cause.
>
> Thanks for the other suggestions!
>
> Larry


Sounds like a potential nasty power environment.  Does the server have
proper AC power conditioning?
Has the server AC power been isolated (run off of UPS) and failures still
seen?
 
Don

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