Parallels Premium Antivirus Memory Hogg

[Liam_Carey]

So I set up a Cloud VM to host a number of websites and as a precaution I enabled the Parallels Antivirus.... wow. The server memory usage has shot up from 55% to 108% when it is turned on.

This is bonkers - how can I reduce the memory back to a safer % while keeping the AV turned on? Are there other services that are non essential that I can turn off without effecting performance?

 

[IgorG]

To optimize Parallels Premium Antivirus resource consumption, open for editing file /etc/drweb/drweb32.ini, set PreFork = No, and restart the service.

 

[Liam_Carey]

Hi, I am really new to Plesk and Cloud VMs - where do I find this file and how do I open it?

Many thanks

 

[IgorG]

You can find this file with mentioned path and edit it with vi editor, for example, in Linux command line interface. Ask help of experienced Linux administrator if you are not familiar with it.

 

[Liam_Carey]

It's just me on my own here working with Plesk and the VM.

I have access to ssh via Terminal OS X if that's what you're suggesting?

 

[IgorG]

Can you login to Plesk server with ssh as root and edit mentioned file with some of unix text editor (vi, for example)? If not - learn unix administration. Not sure that anyone here wants to teach you the basics of Unix administration.

 

[Liam_Carey]

No, I'm sure they don't - I am a web developer on a steep learning curve learning Plesk and Cent OS and now Linux Administration..... aaaaggghhh!!

A simple 'how to' for solving this memory issue would go a long way this Christmas season

 

[Liam_Carey]

Okay have just read up on Linux Admin and know how to edit the files and connect via SSH - thanks for the solution.

If I edit the file to this - how does it reduce the memory usage (just so I understand..)?

/etc/drweb/drweb32.ini, set PreFork = No,

 

[IgorG]

Parameter PreFork = Yes/No allows to create the required number of child processes to reduce the response time and memory consumption of the drweb daemon under heavy loads.