Re: [squid-users] squid consuming too much processor/cpu

On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 19:54 +1100, Ivan . wrote:
> you might want to check out this thread
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/squid-users@squid-cache.org/msg56216.html

I checked, but its not clear to me
do I need to install some packages/rpms ? and then ?
I mean how can I resolve this issue

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Regards
Muhammad Sharfuddin | NDS Technologies Pvt Ltd | +92-333-2144823
> 
> 
> cheers
> ivan
> 
> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Muhammad Sharfuddin
> <m.sharfuddin_at_nds.com.pk> wrote:
> > Squid Cache: Version 2.7.STABLE5(squid-2.7.STABLE5-2.3)
> > kernel version: 2.6.27 x86_64
> > CPU: Xeon 2.6 GHz CPU
> > Memory: 2 GB
> > /var/cache/squid is ext3, mounted with 'noacl' and 'noatime' options
> > number of users using this proxy: 160
> > number of users using simultaneously/concurrently using this proxy: 72
> >
> > I found that squid is consuming too much cpu, average cpu idle time is
> > 49 only.
> >
> > I have attached the output 'top -b -n 7', and 'vmstat 1'
> >
> > below is the output of squid.conf
> >
> > squid.conf:
> > ---------
> >
> > http_port 8080
> > cache_mgr administrator_at_test.com
> > cache_mem 1024 MB
> > cache_dir aufs /var/cache/squid 20000 32 256
> > visible_hostname gateway.test.com
> > refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
> > refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
> > refresh_pattern -i \.(gif|png|jpg|jpeg|ico)$ 10080 90% 43200
> > refresh_pattern -i \.(iso|avi|wav|mp3|mp4|mpeg|swf|flv|x-flv)$ 43200 90%
> > 432000
> > refresh_pattern -i \.(deb|rpm|exe|zip|tar|tgz|ram|rar|bin|ppt|doc|tiff)$
> > 10080 90% 43200
> > refresh_pattern -i \.index.(html|htm)$ 0 40% 10080
> > refresh_pattern -i \.(html|htm|css|js)$ 1440 40% 40320
> > refresh_pattern . 0 40% 40320
> > cache_swap_low 78
> > cache_swap_high 90
> >
> > maximum_object_size_in_memory 100 KB
> > maximum_object_size 12288  KB
> >
> > fqdncache_size 2048
> > ipcache_size 2048
> >
> > acl myFTP port   20  21
> > acl ftp_ipes src "/etc/squid/ftp_ipes.txt"
> > http_access allow ftp_ipes myFTP
> > http_access deny myFTP
> >
> > acl porn_deny url_regex "/etc/squid/domains.deny"
> > http_access deny porn_deny
> >
> > acl vip src "/etc/squid/vip_ipes.txt"
> > http_access allow vip
> >
> > acl entweb url_regex "/etc/squid/entwebsites.txt"
> > http_access deny entweb
> >
> > acl mynet src "/etc/squid/allowed_ipes.txt"
> > http_access allow mynet
> >
> >
> > please help, why squid is utilizing so much of cpu
> >
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> > Muhammad Sharfuddin | NDS Technologies Pvt Ltd | +92-333-2144823
> >
> >
>