[sanesecurity] Re: Long DB refresh times

On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 06:11:05PM +0100, Steve Basford wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone else seen these kinds of delays? Is there any way to get
> > these databases to load faster or to allow ClamAV to continue scanning
> > when the database is being reloaded?
> 
> Sorry for the briefness here, as I'm currently sorting out my home
> internet access...
> 
> For those having issues:
> 
> a) what databases are loaded
> b) what OS are you running
> 
> It could be, as someone else suggested a tipping point in memory, but
> we need to get a handle on db's used etc.
> 
> Perhaps we can then get a set of test data and create a bugzilla clamav
> entry....

I had to remove bofhland signatures since they made my Solaris box fall over
the cliff.. didn't do any extensive testing if there's something wrong with
them or it's just some larger limit. I use most of the signatures available.

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