Load Problem

shrek-m at gmx.de shrek-m at GMX.DE
Fri May 28 18:09:25 IST 2004


Ricardo Bernardes wrote:

> i'm using RH8, ClamAv and MS on a PIV 2,8 box with 512 Mb of Ram.


# top

> Whenever a user sends an heavy mail (e.g. about 6Mb) to all other
> users (we're about 130)


$ bc
bc 1.06
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This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details type `warranty'.
6*130
780

> my server takes a lot of time to go back to normal.
> the POP3 connections get very slow and some even time out; the SSH
> network (over LAN) connections times out
> after everyone downloads the e-mail, it goes back to normal
>
> any thoughts how to overpass this situation?


1 * 10/100/1000 Mb/sec ?

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