Re: [Clamav-users] 0.93.3 memory doubling problem

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Author: Stephen Gran
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To: clamav-users
Subject: Re: [Clamav-users] 0.93.3 memory doubling problem
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 12:31:06PM +0100, G.W. Haywood said:
> Hi Stephen,
>
> On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 Stephen Gran wrote:
>
> > On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 07:40:02PM +0100, G.W. Haywood said:
> >
> > > Here's a graph of the memory used by clamd on one of my servers:
> > > http://www.jubileegroup.co.uk/JOS/misc/clamav-milter-0.9x.gif
> >
> > .... can you also plot the number of signatures that clamav had
> > loaded at each point?
>
> http://www.jubileegroup.co.uk/JOS/misc/virus_database_count.gif
>
> The spikes in the graph are real, but as you can see the counts
> quickly return to normal.


Thanks,

I always love some good stats porn. It looks to me like, all things
considered, clamav is getting incrementally better at memory management
relative to the size of the databases it loads, with an obvious large
jump or two.

Cheers,
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|  Stephen Gran                  | A long memory is the most subversive    |
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