On Tue, 2010-04-13 at 19:56 -0700, Jim Preston wrote: > Chris wrote: > > I'll admit I'm not too smart when it comes to how much memory an app is > > supposed to use but it seems to me that since I installed .96 on my > > Mandriva 2010 system it's using an excessive amount. > > > > > > PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND > > 834 clamav 20 0 375m 344m 5420 S 0.0 45.6 0:25.13 clamd > > > > or am I incorrect in my assumption? If not what settings can I change to > > limit the amount of memory being used? > > > > Chris > > > > > The question is how much memory does it use on avg? Also, what OS are > you using?
Mandriva 2010 Linux > > If it is actively scanning something then..... that still seems > excessive but...... how much memory do you have in the system? > Mem: 773232k total, 760964k used, 12268k free, 17156k buffers Swap: 1076312k total, 418044k used, 658268k free, 134416k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 834 clamav 20 0 375m 234m 844 S 0.0 31.0 2:49.72 clamd > Here is my usage: > PID PPID RSS VSZ %CPU %MEM CMD > 3264 1 93768 116336 0.0 6.0 > /usr/local/sbin/clamd > > For my system, that works out to be 91MB at idle..... > > My mail server is ONLY used by myself so .... has very little load and > spend more than 99% of the time idle. > > Jim > Preston Computer Services Clam is only running on a desktop, no mail server at all. -- KeyID 0xE372A7DA98E6705C
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