Hi Andy, The directives are for tuning both single and multiprocessor systems. They are not meant as a tradeoff. Some multiprocessor systems do not exhibit the reported sleep for 30 seconds behavior. We have not been able to reproduce it ourselves. This doesn't mean that we do not take it seriously nor does it mean that we have given up. I picked up another dual processor machine tonight and tomorrow we will attempt to reproduce the reported behavior on it. It's hard to fix something that we can't reproduce but we will keep trying. It's not even clear to me that this problem still exists in the latest version. But until the issue is resolved I can assure you we will not give up. If you are having this or any other problems please send us your configuration files along with system specs and log files, debug level is best.
The beta is a success thanks to our customers and we do appreciate your efforts. We set out to fix the 8.2 issues. We have accomplished that and fixed some other stuff along the way. The product will not ship bug free. But I do assure you that we will prioritize and address every issue that we know of. Once we have this baseline release, along with fixing bugs we plan on implement some cool new stuff that you guys have asked for. It's precisely because this is a wonderfully active and sharing community that Declude is the premier email vulnerability software solution. Let's keep the dialog, observations, and ideas flowing and I promise that Declude will become even better. All the best, Bill -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andy Schmidt Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 7:56 PM To: Declude.Virus@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.Virus] Declude Beta 3.0.4.4 Posted Hi David, I can't help but ask... You are proposing options that will "help" with the dual processor issue. But, are you REPRODUCING the issue and fixing it? I understand that the problem is that the service goes to sleep for 30 seconds, even though there are messages in the PROC folder. Clearly that should not happen. Changing the "timings" will only create a trade-off by consuming extra machine-resources. Even on a dual-processor system should the service be able to determine reliably if a folder has content or not? I'm just worried that the beta is declared "successful" when an entire class of machines is only working with a bandage. Best Regards Andy Schmidt Phone: +1 201 934-3414 x20 (Business) Fax: +1 201 934-9206 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Barker Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:28 PM To: Declude.Virus@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.Virus] Declude Beta 3.0.4.4 Posted Yes, these are to help adjust for timing with Dual-proc Different systems / configuration respond differently to these settings. In particular they to fine tune through-put with CPU utilization. 1. SLOW server that is heavily loaded You may want to try to increase WAITBETWEENTHREADS and lower THREADS. 2. FAST server Use the THREADS and WAITFORTHREADS to adjust the CPU utilization. When decludeproc first starts up it will use a lot of the CPU but after that the %CPU used by decludeproc should come way down. The %CPU of all processes running may be high depending on external tests, other processes, etc. If the system is spiking but coming down quickly that's good. David B www.declude.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Keith Johnson Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 12:27 PM To: Declude.Virus@declude.com Subject: RE: [Declude.Virus] Declude Beta 3.0.4.4 Posted David, Are these to be used to correct issues with Dual-proc, or is that still an ongoing issue still be looking at? Thanks for the time. Keith -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Barker Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 11:41 AM To: Declude.JunkMail@declude.com; Declude.Virus@declude.com Subject: [Declude.Virus] Declude Beta 3.0.4.4 Posted 2 new Directives WAITFORTHREADS 1500 Located in the Declude.cfg - Defined in milliseconds eg. 1500 = 1.5 seconds this can be changed so that when the maximum threads are in use this time specifics the wait before checking to launch more threads. WAITBETWEENTHREADS 1 Located in the Declude.cfg - Defined in milliseconds eg. 1 = 1 millisecond The time to wait between spawning one thread and starting to process another thread. David B www.declude.com --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". The archives can be found at http://www.mail-archive.com. --- This E-mail came from the Declude.Virus mailing list. To unsubscribe, just send an E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], and type "unsubscribe Declude.Virus". 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