I have sendmail 8.11.6-3 installed on Redhat 7.2 (server installation) on S390(Lpar) with an IFL dedicated to this Lpar. We made the O QueueLA=10 and the O RefuseLA=12 which is the same setup as on my Intel machine. When using top to check the load the following is what I get. The O MaxDaemonChildren=100 on S390 and 300 on Intel.
Intel Machine = The Load average does not go over 10% when setup for both incoming and outgoing mail. S390 Machine = The Load average goes to more than 10% and it start rejecting connections if we set it up for both incoming and outgoing mail and it gets up to about 6 to 8% if we only set it up for outgoing mail which is not a lot. Please assist Moloko
