RE: [cobalt-users] Spamassassin - Increased CPU load

["Phil Beynon" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> On 12/19/03 7:42 AM, "Achieve IT" wrote:
>
> > I installed Spammassassin from Nuonce a couple of weeks ago and it seems
> to
> > work very well. However I am a little concerned about the extra
> resources
> it
> > is using on my colo Raq4. The load average has increased to 3.5 to 4.0,
> with
> > CPU state approx. 10 to 15% for the system.
> >
> > Additionally the CPU temp of the Raq4 is now in the mid 50's whereas it
> used
> > to be in the mid 30's.
>
> Odd? We have Brian's SpamAssassin installed on 4 of our Raq4's and we have
> quite a few users on 2 of the Raq's and we occasionally see high loads 3-4
> times a week but not all the time. Do you have a large amount of users
> getting a lot of mail??
> --
> Thanks!!
> David Thurman
> List Only at Web Presence Group Net
>
> --------------------------
>
> Since sending the email to the group, I restarted the server and CPU load
> has dropped, but temp is still 55 C.
>
> Thanks,
> Declan.

Low load and high temps sounds more like poor environment cooling or simply
a bad fan.

Phil

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