January 9, 20251 yr I've been running a server for the last 5 years. And the past 2 years or so it's been unstable. It feels ambiguous but I'm constantly forced to do unclean shutdowns and my uptime hasn't gone past a month. This week I got a new issue where my Docker service crashes after a day or two even after reboots and rebuilding the docker.img file. For what it's worth, right now I'm ruling out hardware issues by running my system off Ultimate Boot CD and doing memtest86 (so far so good) then I will do extensive SMART tests with GSmartControl on my cache and drives. But in general, does anyone have any tips for finding more clarity on what causes issues? How to monitor your server better (but still passively)? And how to make your Unraid server rock solid? --- My one complaint about my server is I never know what caused an issue. My entire server will be unresponsive, I'll have to hard reboot or if I'm lucky soft reboot (although those usually still get detected as unclean shutdowns), and when I'm back up it's like nothing happened. My only option is posting my logs to the forums and get no clear answer. I think the main culprits have to be my Docker containers. I don't run VMs and I run just basic plugins. I don't configure any new dockers. My best guess is I could have what I'd call "tech dust", just 5 years of old docker composes, config files, and databases.
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