i have test on squid 2.6stable3 configure with --enable-select instead of --enable-poll and there's a bit improvement on delay pools perfomance but not make me satisfied yet :( ./configure option on my openbsd 3.9 ==================================== Squid Cache: Version 2.6.STABLE3-20060819 configure options: '-enable-http-violations' '--sysconfdir=/etc/squid' '--enable-removal-policies=lru,heap' '--enable-storeio=ufs,aufs' '--enable-delay-pools' '--disable-cache-digests' '--disable-wccp' '--disable-wccpv2' '--enable-underscores' '--enable-pf-transparent' '--disable-follow-x-forwarded-for' '--enable-large-cache-files' '--enable-default-languages=English' '--enable-err-languages=English' '--disable-ssl' '--disable-ident-lookups' '--disable-hostname-checks' '--disable-htcp' '--enable-icp' additional option that effect to delay pools ============================================ --enable-kqueue = bad --enable-poll = a bit better than kqueue --enable-select = a bit better than poll --enable-epoll = not support my squid.conf ============== http_port 192.168.2.1:8080 http_port 127.0.0.1:8080 transparent acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? \.php$ \.asp$ \.shtml$ \.cfm$ \.cfml$ \.phtml$ \.php3$ acl nocache-domain dstdomain .mail.yahoo.com .login.yahoo.com no_cache deny QUERY no_cache deny nocache-domain always_direct allow QUERY always_direct allow nocache-domain cache_mem 24 MB cache_dir aufs /cache 50000 64 256 cache_access_log none cache_log /var/squid/logs/cache.log cache_store_log none pid_filename /var/squid/logs/squid.pid refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern -i \.gif$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.jpg$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.js$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.css$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.jpeg$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.bmp$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.txt$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.mid$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.wav$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.ico$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.yim$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.jar$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.ldict$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.swf$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.class$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern -i \.cab$ 10080 100% 43200 reload-into-ims ignore-no-cache ignore-private refresh_pattern . 10 100% 10080 negative_ttl 5 minutes positive_dns_ttl 6 hours negative_dns_ttl 1 minute connect_timeout 60 seconds request_timeout 3 minutes persistent_request_timeout 1 minute read_timeout 15 minutes client_lifetime 1 day half_closed_clients off pconn_timeout 2 minutes shutdown_lifetime 1 seconds acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255 acl user src 192.168.2.0/24 acl SSL_ports port 443 563 8443 2095 2082 2086 acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher acl Safe_ports port 80-65535 # unregistered ports acl CONNECT method CONNECT http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports client_db on acl limit maxconn 16 http_access deny user limit http_access allow user http_access deny all http_reply_access allow user http_reply_access deny all icp_access allow user icp_access deny all miss_access allow user miss_access deny all cache_mgr pudjo26@xxxxxxxxx cache_effective_user _squid cache_effective_group _squid visible_hostname parent.warnetguru.com coredump_dir /cache forwarded_for off log_icp_queries off acl platinum src 192.168.2.0/27 acl gold src 192.168.32.0/27 acl silver src 192.168.2.64/27 acl diamond src 192.168.2.96/27 delay_pools 4 delay_class 1 2 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 2000/2000 delay_access 1 allow silver delay_access 1 deny all delay_class 2 2 delay_parameters 2 -1/-1 4000/4000 delay_access 2 allow gold delay_access 2 deny all delay_class 3 2 delay_parameters 3 -1/-1 6000/6000 delay_access 3 allow platinum delay_access 3 deny all delay_class 4 2 delay_parameters 4 -1/-1 12000/12000 delay_access 4 allow diamond delay_access 4 deny all via off client side test environtment ============================= platinum users with delay pools 6000/6000 download manager, download 1 file with pararel 8 http sessions browsing with firefox while downloading problem ======= delay pools sometimes cant make fair queueing that let download eat all allocated bandwith so browsing is not possible or got very long time wait before html page requested appear because too small free bandwith available. what else should i do to make delay pools working smoother? regards, Pudjo __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? 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