So, at about 10:30 my time, the server went down, and I have no idea why.  I was connected to SSH during that time, and I could ping it from my other linux box.  At first, I thought it was some sort of spambot trying to access the server at a high rate, so the server is not responding.  Now, I am not so sure anymore.

I went to log into the webhost’s administration page to reboot the server.  Once I got in, I did the usual rebooting.  Five minutes went by, nothing.  Ten, nothing.  It’s not starting to look so good.  So, naturally, I looked at the IPMI sensors and found out that Fan #3 was not spinning at all.  Its RPM at exactly 0. (more…)

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