I did some research for an answer to this question, but, things tend to always resort to CPU usage and tuning (though, I did get some good information from those threads also). We have a squid appliance which is very heavy on CPU (which is expected). My question isn't really how can I tune it or why is it using so much CPU, but rather, how well does squid perform on a busy (CPU wise) box? I guess another way to ask is, does squid's performance scale linearly as the box (CPU specifically) usage increases or does performance actually degrade/level off once the CPU is approaches 100% utilization? Another question is: once the system is pushed to a maximum (or beyond), are things just slow or should abnormal behavior be expected? Thanks Benji --- Benji Spencer System Administrator Ph: 312-329-2288
