Re: [squid-users] high load issues

Justin Lintz wrote:
>> dont top list,
>>
>> we have seveal heavy load squids, and we realized that sometimes inet surf is
>> slow, we've discovered that it is because IO (as you see in your top command
>> more than 1% of IO waiting), so we purge our cache to dont let it rise
>> cache_swap_high percentage very often
>>
>
> The iowait time is more than 1%, at times between 20-50%. We've tried
> purging the cache a few times but that only appears to give temporary
> relief to the issue. I was looking to tune our configuration more
> before ruling out the need for more caching servers or looking into
> faster disks for just the cache.

Here is the Novell article re: 'virtualization advisability' that I
mentioned in my previous post.

http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62060848,00.htm

-- 
Mike Rambo
NOTE: In order to control energy costs the light at the end
of the tunnel has been shut off until further notice...