email builder wrote:
email builder wrote: How much email are you processing ?
Well, just the other day we had an average of 48 msgs/min (max 255/min) get
run through SA. Can't say today yet because can't run our stats tools until the
busy hours are over cuz SA is hogging the CPU. ;)
Hi,
Your CPU is over loaded. At 48 a minute it should run just ok on a 2.8 Ghz machine, much over that it's going to start having problems. On our 2.4 Ghz (not HT) processor if I process over 35 a minute I start having problems with load.
I'd recommend upgrading to a dual server or perhaps putting in a second server with round robin DNS (or if you can do it, a load balancer).
SA is that CPU intensive, it really is. Maybe try adding RBL's in front of the MTA to reduce the number of messages you have to scan, that's what we do.
Regards,
Rick
