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Title: Is 512MB enough RAM for 6.5b1, ClamAV and SpamAssassin
Post by: f2racer on August 18, 2005, 04:38:27 PM

I'm running 6.5b1 with the ClamAV and SpamAssassin contribs on a custom-built box which has a Duron 1.3Ghz processor, 512MB RAM, and 2 HDs (40GB and 120GB).  The box is setup as a server/gateway.  Whenever I check memory usage via vmstat, top, or phpsysinfo, I see that 96-99% of the physical RAM is being used, but I've never seen more than 10-20MB of swap being used, and the machine appears to be relatively responsive.  My network never sees more than 4 connections to the internet (3 PCs browsing and 1 VoIP router that sits behind my SME box), which is 5M/2M Verizon FIOS.  Should I think about getting some additional memory for my box?

Thanks!

Title: Is 512MB enough RAM for 6.5b1, ClamAV and SpamAssassin
Post by: rmoria on August 19, 2005, 03:19:41 PM

You have more than enough. Most of the memory is taken by cache, that is why it is all used.

You could work fine with 256.

I am running about the some but with some websites. I have 256 MB on a P3-800