Category Archives: Servers

Linux : R1Soft snapshot failed with error ‘FILE IO ERROR’!

Having this error on your R1Soft policy for a one or several servers? Error replicating device <PARTITION_MOUNTPOINT> (<PARTITION_UUID>) Protocol error, expected request finished Encountered <0000> read failures! Snapshot failed with error ‘FILE IO ERROR’! An exception occurred during the request. Backup failed due to snapshot error! The next replication will force a full block scan. This is likely… Read More »

Linux : APC usage and hit ratio information page

APC (Alternative PHP Cache) come with a nice script (apc.php) that will sort and show you the memory usage and hit ratio of pages cached into APC memory. Do these easy steps to set this up on your Web server. Copy the script from APC folder into a vHost on your Web server (this example… Read More »

Linux : Install file_cache_module.so on CentOS/RHEL6

Since CentOS/RedHat Enterprise Linux 6, “mod_file_cache”, commonly referred as “MMapFile” too is no longer provided with Apache binary. File Cache module statically map file pages into memory. This module is still experimental according to Apache documentation, which may explain why it’s not included, even though it was included in CentOS/RHEL5. You may get the following… Read More »

Linux : PHP Warning: Unable to allocate memory for pool

Found this error in your Web site Apache error logs? PHP Warning:  require_once(): Unable to allocate memory for pool. This is actually caused by APC (Alternative PHP Cache). The allocated memory limit for APC has been reached and no additional PHP script can be cached anymore. The symptoms on your Web site for such error… Read More »

Linux : qmail-smtpd: qq soft reject (mail server temporarily rejected message (#4.3.0))

Did your Qmail server failed to receive a message including an attachment and showing this output in the SMTP logs? policy_check: remote sender@domain.tld -> local recipient@domain.tld (UNAUTHENTICATED SENDER) policy_check: policy allows transmission qmail-smtpd: qq soft reject (mail server temporarily rejected message (#4.3.0)): MAILFROM:<sender@domain.tld> RCPTTO:recipient@domain.tld tcpserver: end 0000 status 000 In this particular case, the version… Read More »