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Topic: clamd using 100% cpu full time

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Clamd process are using ~100% of CPU full time, it's a test server, with 2 account (postmaster and a test user)
I tried reboot server but didn't solve.
Message and maillog atached

logwatch mail:

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        Processing Initiated: Tue Nov 12 09:21:33 2019
        Date Range Processed: yesterday
                              ( 2019-Nov-11 )
                              Period is day.
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        1   No ext program for   .lrz, tried: lrzip -q -k -d -o -, lrzcat -q -k
 
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 LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
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 LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
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 LibClamAV Warning: ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
 LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
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 WARNING: Ignoring deprecated option AllowSupplementaryGroups at /etc/clamd.d/amavisd.conf:21
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 LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
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 WARNING: Ignoring deprecated option AllowSupplementaryGroups at /etc/clamd.d/amavisd.conf:21
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 LibClamAV Warning: ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
 LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
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 WARNING: Ignoring deprecated option AllowSupplementaryGroups at /etc/clamd.d/amavisd.conf:21
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 LibClamAV Warning: ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
 LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 WARNING: Ignoring deprecated option AllowSupplementaryGroups at /etc/clamd.d/amavisd.conf:21
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 LibClamAV Warning: ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
 LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 WARNING: Ignoring deprecated option AllowSupplementaryGroups at /etc/clamd.d/amavisd.conf:21
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 LibClamAV Warning: ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
 LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 WARNING: Ignoring deprecated option AllowSupplementaryGroups at /etc/clamd.d/amavisd.conf:21
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 LibClamAV Warning: ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
 LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 WARNING: Ignoring deprecated option AllowSupplementaryGroups at /etc/clamd.d/amavisd.conf:21
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 LibClamAV Warning: ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
 LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 WARNING: Ignoring deprecated option AllowSupplementaryGroups at /etc/clamd.d/amavisd.conf:21
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 LibClamAV Warning: ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
 LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 WARNING: Ignoring deprecated option AllowSupplementaryGroups at /etc/clamd.d/amavisd.conf:21
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 LibClamAV Warning: ***  The virus database is older than 7 days!  ***
 LibClamAV Warning: ***   Please update it as soon as possible.    ***
 LibClamAV Warning: **************************************************
 
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Re: clamd using 100% cpu full time

RafaelMass wrote:

Clamd process are using ~100% of CPU full time, it's a test server, with 2 account (postmaster and a test user)

ClamAV was not running, Amavisd calls command "clamscan" directly but this command loads clamav virus signature database everytime can takes a lot system resource.

How much RAM does this server have? At least 4GB memory is required for a low traffic production server.

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Re: clamd using 100% cpu full time

Server have 6Gb RAM

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Re: clamd using 100% cpu full time

Try to reduce concurrently processed messages by following our tutorial:
https://docs.iredmail.org/concurrent.processing.html

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Re: clamd using 100% cpu full time

I switched to to Ubuntu 18.04. its ok!!
apparently it's something between CentOs and hardware (HPE microserver)