We have 512 MB of RAM, 2.5 GB Swap running Solaris 8 x86. It should be plenty. I will try spamd on a separate server if I can't figure anything out.
Thank you for the input. -ed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Puhek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Administration Dept." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 4:39 PM Subject: Re: [SAtalk] Spamd load problem > How much RAM do you have? If spamc starts swapping, you'll have a major > thrashing problem very quickly. > > Use the -m parameter to ensure that you don't swap, or at least don't > swap too heavily. Queuing up the messages for spam processing should > work fine during peaks (unless your system is extremely overloaded, and > never gets a chance to recover). > > Is spamd running on a seperate server? If not, give that a try. A P-II > system with 128 MB of RAM should crank along just fine for a pretty > heavy load, and is far preferable to sharing spamd/sendmail on one machine. > > --Rich > > > Administration Dept. wrote: > > Hello, > > > > We are running SpamAssassin server wide via procmail and sendmail through > > /etc/procmailrc . We are having a serious load problem even using the > > spamc/spamd. The spamd processes completely hog the CPU to the point > > sendmail panics and reports load problems in the syslog. > > > > Below is the load report of our system. After starting spamd in daemon mode > > (spamd -d), it takes maybe 15 minutes for the processes to reach the state > > below. Any suggestions on how to remedy this problem is appreciated. > > > > PID USERNAME THR PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME CPU COMMAND > > 25154 root 1 42 0 14M 7980K run 17:27 8.89% spamd > > 6428 root 1 43 0 14M 8012K run 4:25 8.53% spamd > > 22249 root 1 43 0 14M 7996K run 23:22 8.44% spamd > > 22430 root 1 43 0 14M 7984K run 22:46 8.38% spamd > > 28698 root 1 33 0 14M 7988K run 12:31 8.37% spamd > > 7460 root 1 33 0 14M 8096K run 3:41 8.37% spamd > > 9619 root 1 43 0 14M 8128K run 1:32 8.36% spamd > > 21427 root 1 43 0 14M 7996K run 27:37 8.08% spamd > > 4539 root 1 43 0 14M 8032K run 5:44 8.00% spamd > > 4238 root 1 43 0 14M 8000K run 5:56 7.96% spamd > > 3446 root 1 43 0 14M 8048K run 6:43 7.89% spamd > > 8773 root 4 58 0 1319M 101M sleep 0:17 0.66% messagewall > > 10450 root 1 58 0 1856K 1172K cpu 0:00 0.29% top > > 212 root 15 59 0 3240K 1256K sleep 1:56 0.12% syslogd > > 947 root 1 58 0 3632K 1976K sleep 0:00 0.05% sshd2 > > > > PID USERNAME THR PRI NICE SIZE RES STATE TIME CPU COMMAND > > 23852 root 1 49 0 14M 8296K run 0:03 3.45% spamd > > 23914 root 1 49 0 14M 8180K run 0:02 3.29% spamd > > 23937 root 1 49 0 14M 8144K run 0:02 3.26% spamd > > 23794 root 1 49 0 14M 8428K run 0:03 3.21% spamd > > 23751 root 1 49 0 14M 8496K run 0:04 3.03% spamd > > 23831 root 1 49 0 14M 8260K run 0:03 3.00% spamd > > 23697 root 1 49 0 14M 8764K run 0:05 2.99% spamd > > 23963 root 1 49 0 14M 8100K run 0:02 2.97% spamd > > 23957 root 1 49 0 14M 8096K run 0:02 2.95% spamd > > 23851 root 1 49 0 13M 8140K run 0:03 2.93% spamd > > 23953 root 1 49 0 14M 8108K run 0:02 2.90% spamd > > 24022 root 1 49 0 14M 8000K run 0:01 2.85% spamd > > 23717 root 1 49 0 14M 8732K run 0:05 2.84% spamd > > 23691 root 1 49 0 14M 8764K run 0:05 2.74% spamd > > 23996 root 1 49 0 14M 8020K run 0:01 2.74% spamd > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > This sf.net email is sponsored by: > > With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility > > Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel > > http://hpc.devchannel.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Spamassassin-talk mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk > > > > > -- > > _________________________________________________________ > > Rich Puhek > ETN Systems Inc. > 2125 1st Ave East > Hibbing MN 55746 > > tel: 218.262.1130 > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________ > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibility Learn to use your power at OSDN's High Performance Computing Channel http://hpc.devchannel.org/ _______________________________________________ Spamassassin-talk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spamassassin-talk
