On 06/09/2010 01:01 AM, Alex wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> Could you start another freshclam (downloading updates into another
>> database directory) that only has the official databases?
>> (freshclam -d --config-file testing-freshclam.conf)
>> Does that show such high memory usage too?
> 
> This would be difficult because the other databases are so helpful for
> us, but I do have a few slower systems that I could do this on in the
> next few days.

You don't actually have to use the smaller/official-only databases, just
setup a directory, and run another freshclam to keep it updated.
You can still continue to run the other freshclam too, in the DBdir that
has the 3rdparty DBs.
You just need 2 conf-files, to keep the 2 dbdirs separate.

> 
>> What if you turn off safebrowsing on that freshclam?
> 
> I noticed the load on one of the systems go very high and freshclam
> had consumed 75MB of RAM in a very short period and 99% of the CPU
> resources. I disabled it in freshclam.conf, and within a few minutes
> it had dropped the memory and CPU utilization went back to normal.
> 
>>> I'm using gcc-2.96 and 2.4.31, so not even sure if you support it, but
>>> it will be some time before I can upgrade.
>>
>> Please open a bug on bugs.clamav.net so we don't forget about it.
> 
> I'm going to disable safebrowsing on the servers for now, and see if
> we can better isolate the problem before I open a bug report -- I just
> don't have the time to keep up with it.

OK.

Best regards,
--Edwin
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