Thanks Jim. Is this different than db.local.clamav.net? That is what my conf file was pre-populated with when I installed the package. I changed it to "us" but I am wondering if that is actually changing anything. Thank for the tip on cron task. That seems like a good idea. :)
On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Jim Preston <jimli...@commspeed.net> wrote: > On 01/24/2013 11:40 AM, Lee Graber wrote: > >> I am just starting to try and get clamd + freshclam running on some Ubuntu >> servers running on EC2 servers in the US Standard Region (east coast). The >> documentation talks about specifying a mirror which is close to you but it >> seems to default to the round-robin endpoint. I have run freshclam a >> number >> of times and sometimes it takes 14 seconds and sometimes it takes 6 >> minutes. I can see that the ip address is different on the calls and am >> trying to figure out how I can get it to take 14 seconds all the time :). >> I >> can't find anything that says there is a mirror in the Amazon DataCenter. >> How can I make this behavior reliable fast. >> >> Thanks >> Lee >> ______________________________**_________________ >> Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net >> http://www.clamav.net/support/**ml <http://www.clamav.net/support/ml> >> >> You should have set up freshclam.conf to use the US mirrors > (DatabaseMirror db.us.clamav.net). The update time will vary depending on > whether it has to download any updates and the load on the particular > mirror it connects to. The round-robin functionality is by design to spread > load and help when a mirror goes down for any reason. > > You may also want to change the update frequency. I am running freshclam > as a cron task and set it to not be on the hour, e.g. I update at 5 minutes > after the hour to try and hit the mirrors at a low load time. > > > -- > Jim Preston > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://www.clamav.net/support/**ml <http://www.clamav.net/support/ml> > _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
