Thanks for the tips. AFAIK the hardware Raid is fine - all disks running OK. I am running Webmin & Systats on the server. CPU load is minimal so the box doesn't seem to be overworked but response is slow. I will check the DNS setup as you suggest. Thanks, Greg. ________________________________ From: nima sadeghian [mailto:sadegian@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sun 03/09/2006 5:32pm To: Michael Loftis Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Squid 2/3 slower than direct access Just go to find problems in ur dns settings, in squid. is ur icp or isp uses transparent cache upstream. however dns. I have 2 of dl380 ;) . in unix base systems do not go for cpu and hdd configuration for squid issues ... nima On 9/2/06, Michael Loftis <mloftis@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > --On September 2, 2006 7:53:59 PM +1000 Greg Wilson > <gwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I've installed Squid on a HP DL380 server with dual cpus, 2 Gb RAM and > > SCSI raid 5. It's running on Debian Sarge with little extra load. I am > > Well...it shouldn't have much to do with the speed of Squid if it's a > hardware RAID....but has the RAID 5 set finished building? Also are there > no failed disks in the set? > > > using this for our staff of around 100 and though this would do the job > > easily. It's running with all default Squid settings except Cache RAM > > which I've increased to 96Mb. There are no peer caches. I have checked > > that there are no speed and duplex setting mismatches between the proxy > > and firewall. > > The squid proxy returns web pages approx. 2/3 slower than a direct > > connection using the same link. > > Can some-one please give me some simple steps to increase the speed of > > the cache? > > Thanks for any advice. > > > > > > -- > "Genius might be described as a supreme capacity for getting its possessors > into trouble of all kinds." > -- Samuel Butler > -- Best Regards NIMA SADEGHIAN
