>Seems to me that command line AV is resource intensive and that a service
>based AV product would be much more efficient. Wouldn't all you fellow
>"saavy" users agree?
Just a comment here (I'll try to refrain from saying anything that isn't
constructive):
Command line AV scanning is quite resource intensive, but with todays fast
CPUs, it's possible to scan over 100,000 E-mails per day on a single server
without a performance issue (on a decent server; a slower one could handle
that load but might be slower than usual).
A service based AV product can offer better performance, if in an
architecture that is designed for performance (the internal TCP/IP traffic
of IMail AntiVirus will add extra overhead) . From the preliminary
information we have, it looks like IMail AntiVirus and Declude should be
able to handle similar loads. This will of course depend on a number of
factors (such as the specific scanner used, what options are used with it,
hard drive access, etc.). Declude Virus Pro also now offers a
"pre-scanning" feature that also helps with the performance and let you
scan more E-mail on a single server, so that it won't have to start the
virus scanner in up to about 80% of the cases where it would normally be
needed (that doesn't mean a 5x performance increase though; perhaps 2-3x).
-Scott
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