spamassasin worker processes limit

[JorgeA]

Hi,

why is there a limitation to 5 worker processes?

I would like to have more of them.

Does it make sense to limit this on a dedicated machine?

Cheers, Jorge

 

[IgorG]

Spamassassin require a lot of resources for his operation. Each additional worker will consume more and more resources. Therefore 5 workers is optimal balance. But if you have very powerful hardware you can try to increase it.

 

[JorgeA]

Hi Igor,

well optimal balance is quite good. There is a limit on 5 inside Plesk.

I can configure it to higher values by just changing the database entry but an update/upgrade to plesk will limit it again to 5.

Cheers, Jorge

 

[IgorG]

Right, but it is just your customization