Re: ClamAV and SWAP

On Thu, 11 Dec 2025, Jonathan Lee via clamav-users wrote:

> does ClamAV include any mechanisms or optimizations to manage or
> minimize swap usage? For example, when using ClamAV together with
> Squid, could signature updates or scanning tasks cause the system to
> spill into swap space?

I am not aware of an option to pin the signature database into RAM.
Signature updates require two copies of this unless you use
     ConcurrentDatabaseReload=no
(that will disable scanning while the database is rebuilt).

If you set up a separate machine to do the actual scan then Squid and
ClamAV cannot fight for RAM, but there may be a network overhead and
you wont be able to share an already open file handle with --fdpass.

Perhaps using a VM or similar container would allow you
to pin the Clam container into RAM ?

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Andrew C. Aitchison                      Kendal, UK
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