On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 11:41 -0400, Bowie Bailey wrote:
WrackWeb - Jean Respen wrote: > Bowie Bailey wrote: > > WrackWeb - Jean Respen wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > I've some troubles with spamassassin. Sometimes (and i don't know > > > why exactly) my server has high load (like 50 or 60 or more) so > > > it's impossible to connect via ssh, everything crash (apache, > > > qmail, vpopmail, etc...) and i have to go to the datacenter to > > > reboot the server... and if i'm able to connect via ssh (after > > > having waited 40 minutes...) i can see that perl or spamd are the > > > processes which take the most part of the load (perl due to > > > qmailscanner, who invoke spamassassin). I'm under a debian > > > stable, i've installed spamassassin via package AND source... > > > maybe it's because of this > > > > > > In my syslog i've this just before it crashed : > > > > > > Jul 24 15:55:47 localhost spamd[29579]: prefork: child states: > > > BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBKBBBBBBBB > > > > > > Has anyone got an idea? > > > > Looks like it's spawning more children than your server can handle. > > How much memory do you have on this server? Use the "-m" option to > > spamd to reduce the maximum number of children. > > > > You can look at the memory usage of the children with top during > > normal operation and then compare that with your available memory to > > get an idea of how many children you can handle before the machine > > starts going into swap. Once you stat swapping, your performance > > will take a nosedive. > > > > Mhhhh the processor is a Xeon 64 bits 2.8 ghz with 1 go of ram, i > really don't think it comes from there, don't u? With 34 children and only 1GB of ram? Yea, I think that might be the problem. Even with nothing else using memory, that only gives you 30MB per spamd child. My smallest spamd child is using 45MB at the moment. I would suggest adjusting your max children until you find a level that runs well without becoming overloaded. Try setting a max of 20-25 and see what happens. If it runs well, bump it up a bit. If it still has problems, drop it some more.
