Jerry The problem you tend to hit is that a single record update to a UniVerse file constitutes a change to the file - so the whole file gets locked at the O.S level while the AV software scans the whole UniVerse data file through memory.
It can be a killer as multi-megabyte / multi-gigabyte files get dragged through the disk I/O and memory subsystems. Performance? What's that? Recommend: Excluding directory structures which hold UniVerse data files - it's UK to scan the UniVerse executables. UniVerse data files in accounts hold NO executables - they are all in the UniVerse services (e.g. unirpcd) and kernel ($UVBIN). There's no reason to scan data files, and you can load AV - just with care. There have been discussions on the pros and cons of different AV products in the Oliver discussions, it's worth a look. There are a number I am happy with and some I would not touch . Regards JayJay -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JPB-U2UG Sent: 06 June 2008 20:55 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: [U2] UV and Antivirus Software We were just informed that with PCI the systems have to be protected with antivirus software. I thought that there was a problem running antivirus software with the UniVerse database. Am I wrong? If this is true how are other people dealing with this part of PCI. Oh, and that includes *nix systems. What antivirus software is out there for Linux that won't harm the database? Jerry Banker Senior Programmer Analyst IBM Certified Solutions Expert ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
