kernel 2.4.20-31.9 problem/bug?!

[Pietro Bandera]

Hi all
 
I've recently experienced a problem with RedHat 9.0 on a Compaq DL 380 G2
Server.
 
The server is 1,4 P3 CPU 3 GB ram 4 GB Swap and two disk 36,4GB setted in
raid 1 mirror.
 
The problem i get i this:
 
Without any particoluar reason the load on the server became greater and
greater but all the process are in idle state as the cpu.
 
By various tests i found out that the problem should be on too much disk i/o
working apparently without any reason.
 
When i noticied the bug i was running 2.4.20-28.9 kernel so i decided to
upgrade to the new bug fixed kernel 2.4.20.31.9 but even after this upgrade
the problem still continue.
 
I use 6.40 hp drivers, but even if load them or not the problem still
persists.
 
So does any of you any idea in order to resolve it?
 
I got two partition /boot and / both with ext3 fileystems, and i have
checked them for errors without finding any.
I have even check the hardware without finding any other problem too
 
The only one thing appened about 15 days before the problem began was a disk
failure on one of the mirrored disk that was substituted.
 
Please let me know if you have ideas.
 
Thanks all
 
Pietro

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