[Mimedefang] recommended memory for mimedefang

[Datereactor]

Thanks for yr reply David

Daily mail volume = 28000 msgs
Average Mail size=   50KB
Peak message per min = 40 msg
Average message per min= 25
Local mail volume= 30 %

Regards

./DR

top commnad out put below


load averages:  0.50,  0.45,  0.42                 ns3
21:04:
230 processes: 228 sleeping, 1 stopped, 1 on cpu
CPU states: 87.4% idle,  5.5% user,  5.5% kernel,  1.6% iowait,  0.0% swap
Memory: 256M real, 11.3 M free 366M swap in use, 300M swap free




----- Original Message -----
From: "David F. Skoll" <dfs at roaringpenguin.com>
To: <mimedefang at lists.roaringpenguin.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 7:49 PM
Subject: Re: [Mimedefang] recommended memory for mimedefang


> On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Datareactor wrote:
>
> > 25% mails are interoffice
> > is it safe to run mimedefang with this memory
> > because i see lot of bad stuff coming in and out the network freely
>
> It is impossible to answer your question without having more information.
>
> What is the daily mail volume through your server?  Average message size?
> Peak number of messages per minute?
>
> For example, our mail server is a lowly 900MHz Duron with 128MB of
> RAM.  On the other hand, our mail volume is under 500 messages/day, so
> that's plenty of horsepower.
>
> We've clocked a dual-Xeon 2.6GHz with 1GB of memory running MIMEDefang+
> SpamAssassin+ClamAv at around 12 messages/second, or a sustained
> rate of a million a day (under ideal conditions.)
>
> --
> David.
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