Re: [clamav-users] Freshclam memory use

2017-05-26 Thread G.W. Haywood
Hi there, On Fri, 26 May 2017, Chris Colemanwrote: On Debian Jessie 8, 32 bit, 256MB ram, 14MB in use. Why is |freshclam| so memory hungry that it bombs out with |Failed to load new database| The database is updated by freshclam, but it is loaded by clamd (when it finds that a new database

Re: [clamav-users] Freshclam memory use

2017-05-25 Thread Al Varnell
Have never observed that. From what you have posted it sounds more like there is insufficient RAM to load the resulting ClamAV database, not simply running freshclam. Can you share your freshclam or other log entries that indicate the reason for failure is lack of RAM and at what point the

[clamav-users] Freshclam memory use

2017-05-25 Thread Chris Coleman
Hello ClamAV mailing list, On Debian Jessie 8, 32 bit, 256MB ram, 14MB in use. Why is |freshclam| so memory hungry that it bombs out with |Failed to load new database|, when there's 242 MB of free RAM available? What can be done to improve the code so the definition updates don't burn through