Kevin, > The fork error does not happen on this box - but it does happen on a > test box which has hardly ant swap space.
Swap space should be cheap even on a virtual machine. Paging out rarely-used memory sections is not bad. Swap space provides some living room when RAM gets tight. Processing may be slower, but at least services are still running and not failing unpredictably. My benchmark showed that amavisd+SA is still usable with about 1/3 of its virtual memory kept in real memory. > The errors I'm seeing are probably not terminal - just not enough > resources as it seems to happen when a user sends an email to 10 or so > people at the same domain - i.e. they use the server to send out emails > (which is normal) and cc the rest of the company - and there are not > enough processes available. Keep $max_servers below the point where processes start failing. This way, even burst of mail won't crush the system, it will just slowly grind its way through a backlog. Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
