Thanks alot Mike, that's really helpful. Dominic
2010/1/6 Mike Chabot <[email protected]> > > 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:329436 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
