[OT] But do any of you heavy hitters use rules from SARE? We like feedback from the big boys to make sure things scale well. Important feedback. Also for usage in a hospital, that must make the antidrug.cf useless to you. Which is something we are trying to work on.
And yes....I have iron envy :) I'm running a Dell 266 mhz desktop box with 128megs ram for SA! But she be running like a champ! *sigh* I need to work for a bigger company. Chris Santerre System Admin and SARE Ninja http://www.rulesemporium.com 'It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.' Charles Darwin >-----Original Message----- >From: Spam Admin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 9:07 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: System Sizing > > >> Looking for some pointers on sizing a machine to run Spam Assassin >on. >> This server will be protecting 2 mail servers, one receives an >average > >For reference, I have an SA environment that fronts a full GroupWise >system of 16 servers, about 10,000 email users, and a peak >load of about >5,500 emails per hour mid-day. Believe it or not, we're running this on >a Dell GX270 *desktop*, about a 2.5Ghz processor, 512MB RAM, 40GB hard >drive, SuSE v8 pro, Postfix, Amavis, SpamAssassin 2.63. It works like a >champ, no clogging. > >In fact, when SBC's network in Connecticut got cut on April 26th and >was restored, this box handled just over 11,000 emails per hour for the >first two hours, and I saw very little email clogging...I was suitably >impressed. > >Yeah, we've got better hardware coming in to replace it, just to make >ourselves feel better (and for redundant power supplies, redundant >drives, and more RAM) but I am totally happy with the way this little >box has been working. This is my first foray into LINUX; unlike its >predeccessor, a Windows NT box running Guinevere and SpamAssassin, this >box has been up for about 8 weeks with *zero* problems, no complaints, >and a lot of kudos for significantly reduced SPAM... > >Greg Amy >Hartford (CT) Hospital >
