> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Adolfo Justiniano > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2005 4:14 PM > To: IMGate@mgw2.MEIway.com > Subject: [IMGate] OT: amavisd-new taking too much CPU > > I'm using amavisd-new + ClamAV to scan for viruses in my IMGate box, I'm = > not > using any of the anti-spam functions in amavis, I prefer to use IMGate = > for > that, so I'm just using it for virus scanning. > > In my amavis configuration I'm using 2 as max_servers > > I've noticed that there are two /usr/bin/uncompress processes running = > all > the time, each one taking around 45% of CPU (according to top) and my = > usual > load averages are always above 2. > > Is this normal? Is there any way to improve the performance in this = > machine? > > Thank you, > > Adolfo Justiniano > Santa Cruz BBS > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.scbbs.net=20 > > > --- > [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by the Santa Cruz BBS anti-virus > system] > >
I'm running the amavisd-new and clamav. My max_server setting is 15. I have never seen uncompress just hanging around. Kill them and see if they return. Just scanning outbound at the moment. Testing inbound with a single domain. About 5000 per hour average. My server is hardly taxed. Ed
