> Squid Cache: Version 2.5.STABLE9 > configure options: --prefix=/usr --exec_prefix=/usr > --bindir=/usr/sbin --sbindir=/usr/sbin --libexecdir=/usr/lib/squid > --sysconfdir=/etc/squid --localstatedir=/var/spool/squid > --datadir=/usr/share/squid --enable-async-io --with-pthreads > --enable-storeio=ufs,aufs,diskd,null --enable-linux-netfilter > --enable-arp-acl --enable-removal-policies=lru,heap --enable-snmp > --enable-delay-pools --enable-htcp --enable-poll > --enable-cache-digests --enable-underscores --enable-referer-log > --enable-useragent-log --enable-auth=basic,digest,ntlm --enable-carp > --with-large-files i386-debian-linux > > running on debian sarge, using a diskd backend. > > Transfers are only going at around 350KB/sec for cached files, but > when I strace squid, this speeds up to 4.5MB/sec ... What the heck is > going on? Is there an easy fix for this? Heisenbug? > Debian and or Redhat rpm builds usually have all options enabled on configure. First, I would recommend to install SQUID ´manually´ and use only those configure options which you need. Check whether the problem persists. M.