AV programs can cause major performance issues on database servers and Web servers. I've seen servers so taxed by active virus scans that they no longer accept incoming connections. Servers generally don't need any AV programs, unless you allow anonymous people to upload files to them, in which case you can target the upload folders for scans. I recommend not running AV programs on database and Web servers unless there is a definite need to.
The McAfee desktop program has a reputation of noticeably slowing down computers, and I would bet their enterprise product has the same issues. If you really want to keep McAfee running, add the ColdFusion jar files to the exclusion list. -Mike Chabot On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Dominic Watson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Afternoon all, > > We have McAfee enterprise running on our live webservers and I've noticed > performance issues that may be to do with the OnAccess scanner scanning .jar > and possibly .class files. One very obvious symptom occurs when restarting > CF: with scanning turned off, a restart happens nearly instantly; with > scanning turned on it takes over 2 minutes. We are also seeing McAfee > timeout alerts in the Application logs around the same time as CF request > processing slowdowns. Another possible area of concern is scanning log files > every time they are written to. > > My questions are these: > > 1. Has anyone experienced this? > 2. Has anyone remedied / configured McAfee to play nice with CF (if indeed > there is a problem)? > > I have read McAfee's KB articles on Java apps and am waiting to hear back > from our hosts opinion on this: > > https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=3Dcontent&id=3DKB57236 > https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=KB58727 > > Our hosting provider has been very doubtful over McAfee causing any issues > at all and it would be great to get any kind of real world experience here. > > TIA > > Dominic > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329434 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
