AV on production servers???

[mlchris2]

I have always believed that you should have A/V on servers and workstaition in your environment.

I heard from a fellow IT geek the other day that its not good to put A/V on production servers as it could result in decreased performance, etc.

I have web servers, exchange server, sql server, nas,file servers that all run Norton A/V Enterprise Ed.

I wanted to find out what others are doing and if they arent running A/V, what you are doing to keep your server protected? What is the industry saying about A/V on production servers?

thanks again

Markc

Mark C.

 

[theannihilator]

there is not much you can do. putting av on a web server will decrease performance but i am unsure how much. exchange and sql server i do run symantec corp ed and i have not experienced much of a performance drop. as for a file server there will be a greater drop in performance and that is cause av will scan every file that is being copied while they are being copied. but there is not much you can do for that

 

[porkchopexpress]

Agreed i use NAV on our file and web servers and there is a small frop in performance but it's necessary in my opinion, you are providing protection for your client PC's as well as the server some of which may not have upto date defs or AV at all.

We have just finished evaluating NOD32 and have been very impressed it's noticably faster then Symantec, in fact it's supposed to be the fastest scan engine on the market.

http://www.eset.com/

You know what Jack Burton always says at a time like this...

 

[mlchris2]

sorry for the delayed response, been swamped with project after project.

I figured its always better to be safe than sorry. I've gone ahead and performed the Symantec-recommended exclusions for SQL/Exchange, but havent touched my file server yet.

Thanks for the info. I was told by a consultant that it wasnt wise... I am still wondering what he was smoking.

M.C.

Mark C.

 

[theannihilator]

here at the office we have our sql server excluded for over 20 years and it is ok as all the programs that use sql server are still scaned by symantic.

 

[fuego007]

I'll trade a little performance for protection any day of the week. It sure beats having to rebuild and restore a server that's been infected - if you still have a job, that is! I'll also live with the performance hit to have a proven product.

When all else fails, READ THE DAMN BOOK!

 

[mlchris2]

better safe than sorry is a rule I always seem to live by...

Mark C.