[Clamav-users] [Fwd: [ClamAV] Clamd High Memory usage]

From: <ddimuc(at)sbcglobal.net>
Date: Sat Jun 30 2007 - 14:48:05 EDT

• Original Message -------- Subject: [ClamAV] Clamd High Memory usage Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 14:36:55 -0400 From: ddimuc@sbcglobal.net To: clamav-users@lists.clamav.net CC: Self <ddimuc@sbcglobal.net>

> I've noticed clamd using about 17% of memory (according to ps aux
> command). 17% on my system is about 179MB! That seems like a lot to
> me. I quickly browsed the net as well as clamav-user posts - it appears
> others have reported similar complaints/observations/issues. Though I
> was unable to find any definitive answers as to why this is happening, I
> have read that such high memory usage might be "normal". Is this
> normal? If not, how does one go about correcting it?
>
> My system is Slackware 11.0, kernel 2.6.20.11, clamav 0.90.3.
>
> If you think more info
>
> Ciao,
> DPD
Correction: Clamd is using about 85MB of RAM.

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