Re: [squid-users] CPU gradually increasing

From: Mark Elsen <mark.elsen@dont-contact.us>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2006 06:56:23 +0100

> Hi everyone,
>
> Out squid proxy is running on a 3.6GHz Intel with HT enabled. There is
> 2GB of RAM and 36GB diskspace, and I allocated 20GB diskspace to the
> cache. We have around 750 users utilising the cache at the moment and
> it's running on a Suse10 box and uses Websense as a redirector.
>
> Initially the average cpu usage 5 min and 60 min was around 6-8% but
> recently I see that it has increased to around 60-70%. The first couple
> of figures were taken while the cache was below 500MB, and the cache now
> sits at about 6GB. Does this mean that a larger cache file also means an
> increase in the CPU usage and will I need to reduce my cache file to
> around 9GB to reach a point where the processor is 95% utilised?
>
> The timespan involved in the two measurements is only about two weeks
> and I cannot think of any other changes to the usage that could have had
> an impact on how the box is used in that time period.
>
> Thanks
>

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 M.
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