-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, With the spamc/spamd pair we can fix the number of children in standby, and allow the number to grow on demand (--max-children=15). On standby they are only two. But I don't see how to do the same with amavis. The setting is: $max_servers = 2; # num of pre-forked children (2..30 is common) If I change that to, say, 10, I have ten children on standby, full time. Looking at the sample config, /usr/share/doc/packages/amavisd-new-docs/amavisd.conf-default, I see posibilities: # $min_servers = undef; # see Net::Server::Prefork for semantics # $min_spare_servers = undef; # $max_spare_servers = undef; I have tried "min_spare_servers=1", no apparent improvement. I don't see what is the difference between max_servers and min_servers, because the comments do not match the name. My goal is to have as many children as possible during mail download batches (say, 10 or 15), and close to none on standby, because they use ram. The problem is that amavis is slow, mostly because of online tests and time outs. It has to wait. So I increase the number of children (cpu load is low). But this takes ram; 8 GiB is no longer a big ammount. - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAldpKcsACgkQtTMYHG2NR9V8OACeJA8GcJLetgGNdytTZk9glKCe sicAn2zE15jEDU+I5i4VSbQ3ZSA59Uwy =aJE4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org