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--- linux:clamav [2022/05/11 07:20] – created niziak
+++ linux:clamav [2022/05/11 07:27] (current) – niziak
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 Nowadays database requires about 1GB of RAM.
+==== disable non-blocking database reload ====
+<file conf /etc/clamav/clamd.conf>
+# Enable non-blocking (multi-threaded/concurrent) database reloads.
+# This feature will temporarily load a second scanning engine while scanning
+# continues using the first engine. Once loaded, the new engine takes over.
+# The old engine is removed as soon as all scans using the old engine have
+# completed.
+# This feature requires more RAM, so this option is provided in case users are
+# willing to block scans during reload in exchange for lower RAM requirements.
+# Default: yes
+ConcurrentDatabaseReload no
+</conf>
 ==== limit systemd service ====
+Limit RAM to 1GB. Rest will be swapped out.
 <code bash>
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 <file conf  /etc/systemd/system/clamav-daemon.service.d/override.conf>
 [Service]
-MemoryLimit=512M
+MemoryLimit=1024M
-CPUQuota=50%
 Nice=19
 Restart = on-failure
 </file>
+<code bash>
+systemctl daemon-reload
+systemctl restart clamav-daemon.service
+</code>