Squid's cache limit is set to 4GB. When the cache fills up and squid attempts to rebuild, it dies and reloads itself continually, failing to rebuild the cache. My squid.conf is below: -------------------- squid.conf ----------------------- cache_effective_user nobody log_fqdn on http_port 8000 icp_port 3130 htcp_port 4827 udp_incoming_address 0.0.0.0 udp_outgoing_address 255.255.255.255 tcp_outgoing_address 208.224.3.155 icp_query_timeout 2000 maximum_icp_query_timeout 2000 mcast_icp_query_timeout 2000 dead_peer_timeout 10 seconds cache_mem 64 MB maximum_object_size 20000 KB half_closed_clients off #cache_mem 4048 MB cache_swap_low 95 cache_swap_high 99 #maximum_object_size 1000000 KB minimum_object_size 0 KB visible_hostname kalproxy.kalsec.com cache_dir ufs /services/squid/var/cache 4048 16 256 cache_access_log /services/squid/var/logs/access.log cache_log /services/squid/var/logs/cache.log ftp_passive on ftp_sanitycheck off refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 quick_abort_min 0 KB quick_abort_max 0 KB quick_abort_pct 95 acl kalmail src mail.kalsec.com acl hitachi dst 192.168.1.117 acl manager proto cache_object acl intranet dst 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 acl one_nine_two src 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0 acl one_seven_two_twenty_four src 172.24.0.0/255.255.0.0 acl one_seven_two_sixteen_two_fifty src 172.16.250.0/255.255.255.0 acl one_seven_two_twenty_four_ten src 172.24.10.0/255.255.255.0 acl hr src 172.16.100.0/255.255.255.0 acl vine src 192.168.2.0/255.255.255.0 acl vpn src 192.168.99.0/255.255.255.0 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 http_access allow kalmail http_access allow intranet http_access allow one_nine_two http_access allow one_seven_two_twenty_four http_access allow one_seven_two_sixteen_two_fifty http_access allow one_seven_two_twenty_four_ten http_access allow hr http_access allow hitachi http_access allow vpn http_access allow manager http_access allow vine redirect_program /services/squidGuard/bin/squidGuard -c /services/squid/etc/squidguard.conf redirect_children 50 cachemgr_passwd 8675309 cache_mgr trainier@xxxxxxxxxx coredump_dir /services/squid/core http_access deny all ---------------------------squid.conf---------------------------------- Tim Rainier