[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 31/05/2005 15:43:22:
> On Tuesday 31 May 2005 1:03 pm, Aecio F. Neto wrote:
> > I am using a linux debian under a sparc64 (Sun 4 Ultra - Ultrasparc II)
> > for a mail gateway system.
> > This box runs qmail + qmail-scanner + clamav to filter virus messages.
> >
> > We are experiencing a very high load on this box. Diabling qmail-scanner
> > (that calls clamd) results in having this box under expected load back.
> > I know clamd uses more CPU than without it, but this box - IMO - should be
> > enough to hold mail messages we have up to now.
>
> Switch from qmail-scanner to simscan
> http://www.inter7.com/?page=simscan
>
> Docs at http://www.qmailwiki.org/
>
> We specifically wrote simscan to replace qmail-scanner because
> of high loads. We've seen systems with loads of 20 drop below 1.
> The problem is with loading perl (qmail-scanner) instead of a
> small C program (simscan). We run simscan with the QMAILQUEUE
> patch to reject viruses at the smtp level.
I will give it try.
Just to understand the big picture here: is there any known performance issue in clamav for linux using sparc?
Or any other option/lib I should be worried about?
Regards
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