Server dies with 100% RAM and swap file use.

[Stephen Breen]

Hi,

    thanks for the suggestion I will try a kernel update from
2.4.20-18.7 (which im running now) to 2.4.20-20.7 but a distrobution
update for the mail server is a high priority of on our list.

 I really like MailScanner and it has been catching 500+ viruses a day
so far with ClamAV and would really like to continue running it if possible.


          Steve


Miguel Koren O'Brien de Lacy wrote:

> Stephen;
>
> This comment is based on the assumprion that you have the satandard
> kernel that came with it. My previous server (2 months ago) was
> running RH 7.1 and all was fine as long as I did not bother it too
> much with new software, more processes, etc. Early this year I
> upgraded php, apache, snort, Perl and some other things (not
> Mailscanner, though) which I can't remember right now. Since then it
> also had lapses when it started just dying. Mine would run form about
> 1 or 2 weeks. The basic problem with that kernel is that the virtual
> memory process killer (the OOM killer) sometimes makes a mistake and
> kills the kernel. That happened in my case because the new processes
> ate up more ram than before and made the OOM act more often. Your
> case, though may be different. I would suggest a kernel update o a
> distribution update, if you can do that.
>
> Miguel
>
> Julian Field wrote:
>
>> Does the RAM in use gradually creep up, or does it suddenly go to 100%?
>>
>> At 17:48 04/09/2003, you wrote:
>>
>>> I'm running MailScanner from an RPM install on Red Hat 7.1 on a 800mghz
>>> Pentium 3 with 256MB ram and a 256MB swap. The server will run for
>>> 24hours then die. The problem only started after installing
>>> MailScanner.
>>> I have mailscanner configured not to stop spam and with 3 child procs
>>> running, MailScanner v 4.23-11 RPM install. I have been using ClamAV
>>> for
>>> virus scanning. Any ideas why MailScanner seems to be dying? I set the
>>> auto restart config value to 10480 seconds also.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stephen Breen
>>> c:Spot InterWorks
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Julian Field
>> www.MailScanner.info
>> Professional Support Services at www.MailScanner.biz
>> MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support
>>
>
>
>


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