Quoting Mitesh P Choksi <mitesh@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > Dear All, > > > I have had a very unusual situation when my Squid crashes almost every > > 7 days. However, it is not depending on day of the week, time of the > > day, etc. I have changed hardware, moved from RH7.3 to WBEL, but > > nothing works. > > > > I have not manage to pinpoint the problem. I need assistance to > > identify the root cause of this situation. > > > > I have 5 disk system at edge of the network doing NAT + Squid on WBEL. > > I have a satellite delay to the Internet fibre backbone. > > > > I tried vmstat output to be appended to identify the cpu/io > > utilization also SysRq but nothing helps. The console goes blank and > > does not allow anymore activity. I use ping timeouts to alert and > > hardboot the system. > > > > I need guidance in order to find out why does squid crashes so > > regularly as I can almost identify what next couple of days it is > > about to crash. > > > > Any pointers will be appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > > > Mitesh > > > > > > > Dear All, > > > > I have had a very unusual situation when my Squid crashes almost every > > 7 days. However, it is not depending on day of the week, time of the > > day, etc. I have changed hardware, moved from RH7.3 to WBEL, but > > nothing works. > > > > I have not manage to pinpoint the problem. I need assistance to > > identify the root cause of this situation. > > > > I have 5 disk system at edge of the network doing NAT + Squid on WBEL. > > I have a satellite delay to the Internet fibre backbone. > > > > I tried vmstat output to be appended to identify the cpu/io > > utilization also SysRq but nothing helps. The console goes blank and > > does not allow anymore activity. I use ping timeouts to alert and > > hardboot the system. > > > > I need guidance in order to find out why does squid crashes so > > regularly as I can almost identify what next couple of days it is > > about to crash. > > > > Any pointers will be appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > > > Mitesh > > > > > How big is your access.log file? There is a limit on squid and if it reaches that limit it crashes. You should probably rotate the squid log files. -- Dwayne Hottinger Network Administrator Harrisonburg City Public Schools
