On 7/26/07, Centos <centos at unixplanet.biz> wrote: > any idea why my server crashes when I am creating a 200 G tar file? > I am using tar -zcvf and the original file is about 250 G Probably because you're attempting to compress it at the same time. That's amazingly resource intensive, and it's probably causing a huge load spike. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell