FreeNAS-11.0-U4 keeps crashing.

[stonestatue]

I have FreeNAS-11.0-U4 and it's been randomly crashing for the past few months. Restarting the computer will fix it until it crashes again. It started a few weeks apart then gradually decreased the amount of time it took from a restart to a crash. I reinstalled Freenas on a different flash drive and it still crashes. I booted up Linux Mint and let it run for a few days without it crashing. Here is a picture I took of the monitor hooked up to Freenas after it crashes.

 

[Chris Moore]

Can you give a rundown on all the hardware you are using for this?
Was it new or used hardware?

 

[stonestatue]

motherboard - AS Rock AM1B-ITX
processor - AMD Sempron(tm) 3850 APU with Radeon(tm) R3, 1.3 ghz
memory - PNY 8gb 8gbh2x04e99927 (two of them, 16 gb total)
hard drive - WD Red 4tb (four of them, 16 tb total)
power supply: Asus GPS-300-AB, 300 watts

Everything was bought new from Microcenter and the system was built new in November 2014.

 

[Chris Moore]

That is an incredibly under powered CPU. I'm surprised it even runs. What function is the system handling?

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[Chris Moore]

PS. FreeNAS is not Linux, not even close

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[Ericloewe]

I think something's really wrong with your hardware. That output is pure gibberish.

 

[stonestatue]

PS. FreeNAS is not Linux, not even close

Sorry, I didn't mean to imply that Linux and Freenas are one and the same. I meant that I booted up Linux Mint on a different flash drive to rule out hardware and during the time that Linux Mint ran (three days), it didn't exhibit any problems that I noticed.

 

[stonestatue]

I think something's really wrong with your hardware. That output is pure gibberish.

What do you think is most likely the culprit? Processor, memory, or motherboard?

 

[Chris Moore]

What do you think is most likely the culprit? Processor, memory, or motherboard?

That is a tough call...

motherboard - AS Rock AM1B-ITX
processor - AMD Sempron(tm) 3850 APU with Radeon(tm) R3, 1.3 ghz

That CPU is tremendously underpowered for the task, almost any task, but that should just make the system slow. Super slow.
I am looking at the system board specs and see it has a Realtek network interface and I think that might be the problem...
There is so much wrong with that system board and CPU, I would just replace them both, especially since you say it has been in service since

Everything was bought new from Microcenter and the system was built new in November 2014.

It probably just got tired and it is time for a new system board.

Seriously, if I were in your position, I wouldn't wait, I would get a new system board and CPU. What chassis is this mounted in, if you have room, I would suggest a larger board instead of one of these teeny tiny ones. Something like this would work well:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TESTED-Sup...w-E97378-001-Heatsink-I-O-Shield/332618846867
You can even use your existing memory with it. Just put one of these CPUs in there:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Intel-Xeon...Quad-Core-CPU-Processor-LGA-1155/163021843019

 

[stonestatue]

You can even use your existing memory with it. Just put one of these CPUs in there:

If I get a Xeon processor, is upgrading to ECC memory worth it?

 

[Chris Moore]

If I get a Xeon processor, is upgrading to ECC memory worth it?

If you are willing to spend for memory. It's really high prices right now are hard to handle.

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