Re: [squid-users] Multi ISP Load Balancing Problem

.. how hard are you pushing squid under Windows?

Adrian

On Fri, Feb 29, 2008, Lazuardi Nasution wrote:
> We are using Squid 2.6STABLE18 for Windows. The performance is so bad. Here
> is some of weird things on log file, I don't have any idea of them.
>
> 2008/02/28 11:17:38| comm_select: select failure: (10038) WSAENOTSOCK,
> Socket operation on nonsocket.
> 2008/02/28 11:17:38| Select loop Error. Retry 10
> FATAL: Select Loop failed!
> Squid Cache (Version 2.6.STABLE18): Terminated abnormally.
> CPU Usage: 106.922 seconds = 35.922 user + 71.000 sys
> Maximum Resident Size: 41444 KB
> Page faults with physical i/o: 12269
>
> These errors only happen when there is many users are accessing the Squid.
> These errors didb't happen when I just using one instance and do load
> balancing by separating tcp_outgoing_address on Squid Main based on odd or
> even clients source address, I'm not satisfied with this load balancing
> method.
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amos Jeffries [mailto:squid3@treenet.co.nz]
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2008 8:58 PM
> To: Lazuardi Nasution
> Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Multi ISP Load Balancing Problem
>
> Lazuardi Nasution wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I'm running Windows based multi instance Squid with multi interface
> > connected to different ISP for load balancing. The configuration is
> > like below.
> >
> > Squid Main
> > http_port <my network interface>:8080
> > icp_port 3130
> > tcp_outgoing_adderss <my network interface>
> >
> > Squid Parent A
> > http_port <my network interface>:8081
> > icp_port 3131
> > tcp_outgoing_adderss <ISP A interface>
> >
> > Squid Parent B
> > http_port <my network interface>:8082
> > icp_port 3132
> > tcp_outgoing_adderss <ISP B interface>
> >
> > Users -> Main Squid -(Round Robbin Parent)-> Squid Parent A/B
> > -(Direct)-> ISP A/B -> Internet
> >
> > The performance is very bad and sometime Squid Parent B was hang
> > (service was stopped) with "Loop" related log on Cache.Log. I didn't
> > see CPU and RAM exhausting and the HD queue was low enough.
> >
> > Any suggestion with my problem ?
>
> Any info as to what squid version and release you are using?
> And what the error actually says?
>
> Amos
> --
> Please use Squid 2.6STABLE17+ or 3.0STABLE1+ There are serious security
> advisories out on all earlier releases.

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