CPU utilisation

[Robert Isaac <ro...@volvoclub.org.uk>]

I have added Spamassassin 3.1.0 and ClamAV and MailScanner to our new server running 
RHESL-4 and Apache 2.0.52.

When running 'top' I notice that spamassassin uses between 23% - 60% CPU. Is this 
normal?

Bob

_______________________________________________________
Robert Isaac
Director/Web Admin
Volvo Owners Club

Re: CPU utilisation

[ts...@wise.k12.va.us]

Depends on your hardware, rulesets and amount of incoming mail.

Shane

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Isaac" <ro...@volvoclub.org.uk>
To: "Spamassassin" <us...@spamassassin.apache.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 1:11 PM
Subject: CPU utilisation


>I have added Spamassassin 3.1.0 and ClamAV and MailScanner to our new 
>server running
> RHESL-4 and Apache 2.0.52.
>
> When running 'top' I notice that spamassassin uses between 23% - 60% CPU. 
> Is this
> normal?
>
> Bob
>
> _______________________________________________________
> Robert Isaac
> Director/Web Admin
> Volvo Owners Club
> 

Re: CPU utilisation

[Matt Kettler <mk...@evi-inc.com>]

Robert Isaac wrote:
> I have added Spamassassin 3.1.0 and ClamAV and MailScanner to our new server running 
> RHESL-4 and Apache 2.0.52.
> 
> When running 'top' I notice that spamassassin uses between 23% - 60% CPU. Is this 
> normal?

Depends on your rate of mail and how much CPU you have..

That said, SA is rather CPU intensive. If you've got a steady stream of mail,
you'll have a steady stream of CPU usage.

My question would be how can you tell that it's SA using 23-60% when you're
using MailScanner?

(SA is called internal to MailScanner, so all of MS/SA get's lumped under one
process.. And if you use clamavmodule instead of clamav in MailScanner.conf then
clamav's work get's lumped in too)