Clamav Anti-virus speed (using clammodule)

[Denis Croombs]

I have just noticed this in my maillog file:-

Jan 15 17:11:50 isis MailScanner[22768]: Filename Checks: Allowing
l0FHBXAF023446 msg-22768-2.txt
Jan 15 17:11:50 isis MailScanner[22768]: Virus Scanning completed at 176
bytes per second 
Jan 15 17:11:50 isis MailScanner[22768]: Uninfected: Delivered 1 messages 
Jan 15 17:11:50 isis MailScanner[22768]: Virus Processing completed at 73445
bytes per second 
Jan 15 17:11:50 isis MailScanner[22768]: Batch completed at 175 bytes per
second (2128 / 12) 
Jan 15 17:11:50 isis MailScanner[22768]: Batch (1 message) processed in
12.13 seconds

In my MailScanner.conf I have:-

Virus Scanners = clamavmodule bitdefender

I believe this means that clamavmodule is doing the check @ 176 bytes per
second and bitdefender is doing the same checks @ 73445 bytes per second.

Has anyone else seen this type of speed difference ?

I am using the very latest of:-

Clamav
Spamassassin
Sendmail
Dcc
Razor
Pyzor

On a Centos 4.x server (Intel PIV 1.7Ghz CPU 256mb ram), I am about to test
it on a more powerful server with more ram to see if that is the issue !

Regards

Denis