Re: [exim] Dimensioning a server

Am 12.09.2007 um 15:04 schrieb Leonardo Boselli:

> On Wed, 12 Sep 2007, Charlie Clark wrote:
>>> What is the kind of machine i should think about to replace it ?
>> I would have thought any off-the-shelf server would do. 40,000
>
> How large is your shelf ????
> ram and processor ?

Well, currently the lowest spec from 1und1 would be an AMD Athlon
64x2 3800+ with 1GB RAM.

As I said correctly setting up spamd and clamd is probably the most
important thing to do: how many child processes they run. I was
getting complete server lockups last year with just one spamd child
process. Allowing up to 5 to run solved the problem immediately.

Best to keep the discussion on the list as I am by no means an expert
but profiling your applications should help you a lot. As someone
else has suggested, simply offloading spamd and clamd to another
machine might help.

Charlie
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