-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Eric Rostetter wrote: >>>> I posted on another list as well, but thought this may gets more >>>> attention from the developers: > > They are well aware of it. > >>>> Clamscan is extremely slow and CPU hungry. clamscan a pdf file of about >>>> 1.2 MB and it takes about 1 minute. Same file with a commercial scanner >>>> takes 2 sec. This wasn't always like this. As a result, clamav cannot be >>>> used anymore for a mail server. > > 1) Yes, it is slow. > 2) Yes, it wasn't always like this (and hence you could down-grade to an older > version if you needed). > 3) Newer versions are faster (see below). > 4) Yes, it still can be used for a mail server (I know, as I'm still > using it). > >> Mandriva 2007.0 on a 800MHZ Duron, 512MB RAM > > Pretty wimpy mail server by today's standards (due to spam/virus counts). > I've not run on a machine like that for years (though that was a nice machine > for a mail server just 5-6 years ago). > >> rpm -qa |grep clam >> clamav-db-0.90.2-0.1mdv2007.0 >> libclamav2-0.90.2-0.1mdv2007.0 >> clamav-0.90.2-0.1mdv2007.0 > > Upgrading to 0.90.3 will probably speed things. When I went from 0.90.2 > to 0.90.3 my average mail processing time went from 4 minutes to 2 minutes. > > Upgrading the the latest RC code will probably make it very fast (seconds > instead of minutes) though you have to decide if you can or can not run > RC code. > > And of course, you can do other things like run clamdscan+clamd instead, > or put your clamav databases on a RAMDISK to try to speed it up some, etc. > > But I am always waiting for either the RC code to get released, or for > someone reliable to release the RC code as an RPM for my OS versions. > It is annoyingly slow, though still usable, as is. > I don't have a problem right now. This is my home server and I am using clamd. I was testing the newer clamscan on a test drive where I discovered the slowness. We are running at the office a dual core 3000 AMD and lots of ram. I just wanted to make you aware since there were not many posts on the dist mailing list, although that suddenly has changed. Thomas -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mandriva - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
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