I can't see a dual 3.4Ghz w/4Gig RAM being overloaded by an average of 1.5 messages / second. Not even close.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Matt Juszczak > Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 5:38 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AMaViS-user] Will our machine handle it? > > Just an update to everyone. > > I just got the data from our outsourced spam provider. > > Yesterday, the 19th, they processed 123,728 messages for us. Of those, > 71,097 were blocked and 20,000 quarantined. > > So my question below should wrap around that data. Will it > be able to process 123,728 messages per day, with > antivirus/antispam and local mail delivery? > > I have measures in place to bounce incoming mail with invalid > HELO's, invalid domains, etc. and that happens first, so that > will block a lot of messages. > > Thanks, > > Matt > > On Wed, 20 Jul 2005, Matt Juszczak wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > We're running postfix right now on our mail server. Mail server > > always has 97% CPU idle and we have 4 gb of RAM, to which > most is usually free. > > > > We deliver mail for about 5000 accounts, but our spam filtering is > > currently outsourced to Postini. I don't know off the top > of my head > > how hammered postini gets for messages addressed to our > domain names, > > but I'm sure its a lot (we've been an ISP for 10 years). > > > > I have amavisd-new running on this mail server with anti virus and > > spam assassin. I'm afraid that when we turn postini off and switch > > our MX records over, the machine will just get overloaded, > even though > > its dual xeon 3.4 > > ghz/4 GB RAM, etc.... > > > > I actually wasn't amazingly afraid until a coworker > mentioned something. > > > > How well should this setup handle OK? What about during a > DOS attack? > > Should I put amavisd-new on another machine? If I do that, that > > machine might not be able to take the load anyway..... > > > > Thanks in advance for any ideas, > > > > Matt > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration > Strategies > > from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, > > informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to > > speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > AMaViS-user mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user > > AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 > > AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/ > > > > > > !DSPAM:42deec914597714480712! > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration > Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, > straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get > everything you need to get up to speed, fast. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click > _______________________________________________ > AMaViS-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user > AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 > AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/ > ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/
