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Add tip about changing certain configuration values to lessen memory consumption.
author Matti Hamalainen <ccr@tnsp.org>
date Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:31:33 +0300
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46 However, there may be some situations (none that I have experienced myself 46 However, there may be some situations (none that I have experienced myself
47 as of yet, but as usual anything is possible) where Maltfilter's memory 47 as of yet, but as usual anything is possible) where Maltfilter's memory
48 consumption rises to unbearable level. In high-volume servers it may be 48 consumption rises to unbearable level. In high-volume servers it may be
49 useful to periodically restart (as in complete restart, not reload via HUP) 49 useful to periodically restart (as in complete restart, not reload via HUP)
50 the daemon to free the memory. 50 the daemon to free the memory.
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52 It is also helpful to change the FILTER_MAX_AGE and GLOBAL_MAX_AGE
53 configuration settings to smaller values, so that amount of data held
54 in memory at once is smaller.
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53 Installation 57 Installation
54 ============ 58 ============
55 Copy maltfilter script to /usr/sbin and set permissions 59 Copy maltfilter script to /usr/sbin and set permissions