unraid (latest stable) will consistanly crash and freeze my server (dell r930, 4x e7-8880 v4, 128gb ecc ddr4, 4x 1tb nvme) I can force a crash to happen soon after i start my game server containers but sometimes it happens when no containers are loaded.

Im a little new to linux so i dont exactly know what im looking for to find a solution.

I have attached syslogs from 2 concurrent crashes.

I can try to provide more info if needed

syslog (crash 1).csv syslog (crash 2).csv

Edited July 21, 2025Jul 21 by kagurazaki
correcting wrong cpu info

Have you run a memory test on this system?

not yet, i will do it now

memory test completed without errors

There are multiple call traces logged; looks more like a hardware issue, one thing you can try is to boot the server in safe mode with all docker containers/VMs disabled, let it run as a basic NAS for a few days, if it still crashes it's likely a hardware problem, if it doesn't start turning on the other services one by one, including the docker containers.

i have already left it overnight with no containers running and it still freezes but i have not tried in safe mode.

Worth a try in case it's a plugin, but it looks more like hardware.

i have been running the same containers and plugins on unraid 6.12.15 and has been running normally for the past 20 hours.

Maybe the problem is with version 7.

I loaded unraid 7.1.4 and the system froze within 5 min of starting the containers.

it would seem that the crashes only happen on version 7+ of unraid.

could it be the newer kernel or drivers causing this problem?

It could be a kernel compatibility issue with your hardware.

Can anything be done to fix this?

I can run v6 for now but eventually I will need to update to v7.

First I would retest with a new install, to make sure it's not a config issue, and if it's the same, you can try a future release with a newer kernel, it may start working again, also look for a BIOS update.

I already used a fresh config for every test. 5 tries with version 7 and 5 tries with version 6, only version 6 worked.

I am using the latest firmware and bios for my server, As for trying a future release with a newer kernel, I don't know how to do that as I am not that knowledgeable with Linux (I'm mainly a windows user).

I meant retest with a future release, like Unraid 7.2, first beta should be out in a few weeks, though this one will probably be on kernel 6.12.x, it will still be a newer kernel, but there's a higher chance of success when the major kernel changes, and that will likely only happen when the next LTS kernel is out.

Ok, Thank you very much for your help and advice.