[clamav-users] clamd using ~1GB memory on Debian Stretch

[Avinash Sonawane]

On Mon, 13 May 2019 19:30:12 +0530
Avinash Sonawane <rootkea at gmail.com> wrote:
 
> Single email account here. On average, I receive one email a day.
> Devoting 1Gb memory all the time for that seems a poor bargain.

Why can't clamd let databases/signatures stay in secondary memory
itself. Just load them when you actually receive message (or performing
the scan explicitly asked by user). Process and then again unload.
Waiting for next message.

Why clamd needs to have signatures/databases loaded in primary memory
all the time? Even when there is no active scan or incoming email? This
doesn't make sense.

Regards,
Avinash Sonawane (rootKea)
PICT, Pune
https://rootkea.wordpress.com