cache_access_log /dev/null cache_store_log none debug_options ALL,1 Setting the debug but dumping the logs??? Try setting these to real flog files and look in them for anything odd. Post findings. -----Original Message----- From: Artin H. [mailto:admin@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 3:02 PM To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: squid not caching in harddisk / cpu load Hi i dont know why squid is not caching ( my cache_dir is alwayes free ! ), i have 2 cache_dir and both is free ( useing about 400-500kb). and my second problem is with squid cpu load . i dont know why squid randomly useing 99.99% of cpu for few seconds ( 10seconds - 1min ). normaly it useing 40% of cpu . i have about 150 active user. please check my squid config and recommend any things that should be changed. THANKS! server : xeon 2.8 ( without HT ) 2gb ram 2*80gb sata squid config : ******************************************************* acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? no_cache deny QUERY no_cache deny all cache_mem 32 MB maximum_object_size 2048 KB minimum_object_size 8 KB maximum_object_size_in_memory 8 KB ipcache_size 8192 fqdncache_size 4096 cache_dir aufs /var/spool/squid 300 32 256 cache_dir aufs /backup/squid 300 32 256 cache_access_log /dev/null cache_store_log none debug_options ALL,1 store_avg_object_size 50 KB buffered_logs on http_port 3128 httpd_accel_host virtual httpd_accel_port 80 httpd_accel_with_proxy on httpd_accel_uses_host_header on *******************************************************