Note that spamd is CPU bound, where just about all the other processes there are IO bound, either to disk or network. Does running spamd actually slow down the other processes? That's a different question from asking whether it's taking CPU time...
C Morbus Iff wrote: MI> Just as an example of what I mean by doubling server load, this is the top MI> few entries of a report from the process accounting package (which I reset MI> each night to get day to day reports): MI> MI> 74060 7914886.60re 93.47cp 0avio 639k MI> 4673 36417.02re 42.75cp 0avio 2403k spamd* MI> 13127 165580.03re 11.48cp 0avio 428k popper MI> 31391 1151737.43re 10.26cp 0avio 619k sendmail* MI> 2 1045.07re 8.08cp 0avio 2480k tripwire MI> 914 3425.97re 5.31cp 0avio 857k perl MI> 30 989.83re 4.43cp 0avio 446k top MI> 6796 11144.23re 3.79cp 0avio 395k procmail MI> 70 174.85re 1.62cp 0avio 2117k spamassassin MI> 496 391.50re 0.97cp 0avio 355k find MI> 338 5721755.68re 0.64cp 0avio 1200k httpd* MI> 26 251.97re 0.58cp 0avio 2229k spamd MI> 4706 6093.27re 0.49cp 0avio 418k spamc MI> 334 9715.85re 0.41cp 0avio 583k sshd* _______________________________________________________________ Have big pipes? SourceForge.net is looking for download mirrors. We supply the hardware. You get the recognition. Email Us: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
