On 2011-03-10 19:25, Vivien Raoul wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I used to post here a few months ago about the engine's memory consumption.
> The newer versions give me satisfaction, but during the process of database
> reload (after a freshclam update), the network can be unreachable during a
> few minutes.

minutes?? It should be a few seconds. Are you using 0.97?

> To explain the situation quickly, I use a gateway using HAVP with ClamAV,
> which has 128Mo of RAM. I launch freshclam at night, but still this point
> can be annoying.
> 
> Reading the code, I saw that the operation of database reload is synchronous
> : during the database build, the scanner socket cannot be reached until the
> old base is substituted by the new one. I think about a way to make the
> process asynchronous : the substitution would occur only when the new
> database is built. But instead of doing this for myself only, I would like
> to know if this functionality could be interesting for you and could be
> added in the future versions.
> 
> Thank you for your answers/suggestions.

Note that this change would double memory usage during reload, so it
should probably be configurable.

Best regards,
--Edwin
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