Hello,
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Subject : Re: [clamav-users] Using linux command "find" to get modified
files list for scan
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Date & Time: 10 Dec 2024 03:42:28 -0000
[NR] == "neel roy" <neelsm...@rediffmail.com> has written:
NR> [1 <text/plain; UTF-8 (7bit)>]
NR> Hello Masaru,
MN>> I think Neel's intention is to reduce the system load.
NR> Thanks! Yes, and it's all over internet - discussions about
NR> ClamAV CPU usage. I did face the same problem with McAfee but
NR> that was 15 years back. So, I think it goes to show that is
NR> possible. Is it not possible for clamav dev to do something about
NR> it?
NR> On 8 CPU machine, clamav takes about 40% overall CPU with -m
NR> option. That's HUGE. On 4 vCPU VM, it takes ALL with -m
NR> option.
NR> People seem to come up with lot of strategies - incremental scan,
NR> cpulimit, cPanel to name few.
Have you tried using CGroup to limit resources or changing the clamd
configuration file (adding MemoryLimit=768M, CPUQuota=30% lines)?
Best Regards.
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