Re: TMPDIR as a tmpfs

2010-06-26 Thread RW
On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 16:33:32 -0700 "jdow" wrote: > > Potentially. If you've got memory free for it, it certainly > > shouldn't perform worse. > > That might be a big if with a huge downside, Daryl. > > If the memory used by tmpfs forces SpamAssassin into memory swapping > any speed advantages

Re: TMPDIR as a tmpfs

2010-06-26 Thread jdow
From: "Daryl C. W. O'Shea" Sent: Saturday, 2010/June/26 15:23 On 22/06/2010 10:52 AM, Henrique Fernandes wrote: It is safe to use spamassassin tmpdir on a tmpfs mounted system ? Yes it's safe. And if its safe it would have a better performance ? Potentially. If you've got memory free f

Re: TMPDIR as a tmpfs

2010-06-26 Thread Daryl C. W. O'Shea
On 22/06/2010 10:52 AM, Henrique Fernandes wrote: > It is safe to use spamassassin tmpdir on a tmpfs mounted system ? Yes it's safe. > And if its safe it would have a better performance ? Potentially. If you've got memory free for it, it certainly shouldn't perform worse. Daryl

Re: TMPDIR as a tmpfs

2010-06-23 Thread RW
On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:47:00 -0700 Gary Smith wrote: > > I had a very dramatic performance improvement by switching bayes and > > awl > > databases to MySQL instead of the default BerkeleyDB. It costs more > > RAM, CPU, and disk space, but scan times reduced dramatically. I'm > > certain we wer

Re: TMPDIR as a tmpfs

2010-06-22 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 22.06.10 12:40, Henrique Fernandes wrote: > My ram dos not get full, i do not have so many process, i limit it in > postfix. > > It reduces the chances of losing emails if i do not have many process of > spamassassin runing. > > So is safe or not to use tmpfs for tempdir in spamassassin. ? I

Re: TMPDIR as a tmpfs

2010-06-22 Thread Henrique Fernandes
it is taking about 3 seconds each email, i have pyzor and dcc, i am already runing with mysql db. After i get the statistis i will post here if tmpfs is faster or not! I made some script that can't see anyway for losing email! Thanks for all advise! And sorry about my english []'sf.rique On

RE: TMPDIR as a tmpfs

2010-06-22 Thread Gary Smith
> I don't know if it is safe. I suspect it will function normally, but I > think you'd be in danger of losing a few messages on an unexpected > reboot. > > I had a very dramatic performance improvement by switching bayes and > awl > databases to MySQL instead of the default BerkeleyDB. It costs

Re: TMPDIR as a tmpfs

2010-06-22 Thread Adam Moffett
I don't know if it is safe. I suspect it will function normally, but I think you'd be in danger of losing a few messages on an unexpected reboot. I had a very dramatic performance improvement by switching bayes and awl databases to MySQL instead of the default BerkeleyDB. It costs more RAM,

Re: TMPDIR as a tmpfs

2010-06-22 Thread Henrique Fernandes
pyzor and dcc Só it might be it ? If i am not using wont get in tmp ? Right now i have 2 server with spamassassin, one i just put everything in spamassassin in tmpfs and the other one i did not change anything []'sf.rique On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 12:46 PM, Gary Smith wrote: > > > My ram dos

RE: TMPDIR as a tmpfs

2010-06-22 Thread Gary Smith
My ram dos not get full, i do not have so many process, i limit it in postfix. It reduces the chances of losing emails if i do not have many process of spamassassin runing. So is safe or not to use tmpfs for tempdir in spamassassin. ? This way, everything that spamassassin have to do with the

Re: TMPDIR as a tmpfs

2010-06-22 Thread Henrique Fernandes
My ram dos not get full, i do not have so many process, i limit it in postfix. It reduces the chances of losing emails if i do not have many process of spamassassin runing. So is safe or not to use tmpfs for tempdir in spamassassin. ? This way, everything that spamassassin have to do with the me

RE: TMPDIR as a tmpfs

2010-06-22 Thread Gary Smith
> It is safe to use spamassassin tmpdir on a tmpfs mounted system ? > And if its safe it would have a better performance ? > Here where i work we have big problems with the hard drives, because we > basically are sharing virtual machines disk over nfs. and spamassasin is a > virtual machine. > An

Re: TMPDIR as a tmpfs

2010-06-22 Thread Eduardo Casarero
2010/6/22 Henrique Fernandes > It is safe to use spamassassin tmpdir on a tmpfs mounted system ? > > And if its safe it would have a better performance ? > > Here where i work we have big problems with the hard drives, because we > basically are sharing virtual machines disk over nfs. and spamass

TMPDIR as a tmpfs

2010-06-22 Thread Henrique Fernandes
It is safe to use spamassassin tmpdir on a tmpfs mounted system ? And if its safe it would have a better performance ? Here where i work we have big problems with the hard drives, because we basically are sharing virtual machines disk over nfs. and spamassasin is a virtual machine. Any other tip