Topic: perl process using 90-98% cpu time on SME Server 5.6

[overscan]

The machine only uses 1 perl-based program I can think of, ASSP antispam service. Any idea why the "perl" process is hogging all the cpu?

[Souley]

Hi
How long ago do you install the script ?
Is it the fosrt time this process is hopping all the cpu

Try to reboot the server
or
Try to upgrade to 6.x  

Regards
Souley

[overscan]

Sorry for posting I tracked it down easily- it was ASSP's spamrebuilddb.pl which was taking 11 hours to complete from its nightly start at 4am.

[luca]

I have the same problem: how do you fix it?
Is there any method to avoid this situation?

I think I must disable spamrebuild or delete some
spam sample...

[overscan]

Hi- I moved the rebuild task from daily to weekly.
(read up on cron if this is unfamiliar to you)
 
The default time to run is 4am- if you can move it earlier, it might finish earlier. I've moved the rebuild to 22:00 on Friday night- so long as it is done by Monday its OK for this server.

I've also installed more RAM in the server to improve performance.

[overscan]

The company in question is a PR company who get incredible amounts of spam, so its probably a worst case scenario..

[ephraims]

Could i please get details on how you modified the contrab so that i can do this at my business. I have been having the problem that at 4am my server processing goes through the roof till about 11am and causes all sorts of issues in the business. Please provide instructions on how you modified the contrab