razor and dcc : high cpu load

[Rejaine Monteiro <re...@bhz.jamef.com.br>]

my system had a high cpu load with spamassassin with network tests , dcc 
+ razor and fuzzy_ocr
because off this, we are considering disable razor or dcc from tests...

but we have doubt about which is better: disable razor or dcc?

any recomendations??

R: razor and dcc : high cpu load

[Giampaolo Tomassoni <g....@libero.it>]

> my system had a high cpu load with spamassassin with network tests , dcc 
> + razor and fuzzy_ocr
> because off this, we are considering disable razor or dcc from tests...
> 
> but we have doubt about which is better: disable razor or dcc?

Isn't it better to disable fuzzy, instead?

Razor and DCC are very good wide-spectrum spam counter-measures. Fuzzy is great, too, but it's purpose is narrower.

If you prefer to disable Razor or DCC, I would suggest DCC: it is the one scoring less when hit.

Cheers,

Giampaolo


> any recomendations??
> 

RE: razor and dcc : high cpu load

["Ring, John C" <jc...@switch.com>]

I've seen a big CPU load with pyzor, but not with razor or DCC (using
dccifd).  I'd say disable these checks one at a time to see which one is
causing the highest loads on your machine, and if your machine can't
quite handle the current load, disable the ones with the highest loads,
at least temporarily, until you are back to a level your system can
handle.

Then you can try to figure out if the results without the checks you
disabled are good enough, or if it's worth your time to try and hunt
down the issue.  (One thing to check for regarding any of the network
checks is to be certain your firewall's permitting the traffic; I could
easily see a network check failing ungracefully in such a case.)

-- 
John C. Ring, Jr. 
jcring@switch.com 
Network Engineer
Union Switch & Signal Inc.

"If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to
govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would
be necessary." -- James Madison 

-----Original Message-----
From: Rejaine Monteiro [mailto:rejaine@bhz.jamef.com.br] 
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 2:27 PM
To: users@spamassassin.apache.org
Subject: razor and dcc : high cpu load


my system had a high cpu load with spamassassin with network tests , dcc

+ razor and fuzzy_ocr
because off this, we are considering disable razor or dcc from tests...

but we have doubt about which is better: disable razor or dcc?

any recomendations??