Have you looked at it through tcpdump? Those sorts of delays could be simple stuff like forward/reverse DNS.. Adrian On Fri, Jul 27, 2007, Tory M Blue wrote: > I'm not sure what is going on and have done so much tracing that I've > just probably confused things more then anything else. > > i'm running Squid Cache: Version 2.6.STABLE12, on Fedora Core 6. > > It's configured to point to a single parent (which is a Virtual IP on > the LB) with multiple servers sitting behind that virtual (so yes a > pool). > > If i run wget's, socket scrpts etc, against squid pointing to a single > host, or have all 4 hosts listed as parents, there is no issue. > > If I have squid pointing at the above mentioned VIP I see a 3 second > delay every x connections, can be the 9th, 30th or 100th connection > (again the 3 second delays are very random, but very bothersome). > > Another point of interest, running thru a Netapp Cache there are zero delays.. > > > Socket level test: > > Fri Jul 27 08:56:53 2007: Iteration #28 > Fri Jul 27 08:56:53 2007: Connecting to localhost:80... > Fri Jul 27 08:56:53 2007: Connected. > Fri Jul 27 08:56:53 2007: Sending request... > Fri Jul 27 08:56:53 2007: Sent. > Fri Jul 27 08:56:53 2007: Receiving response... <--- 3 second delay.. > Fri Jul 27 08:56:56 2007: Received complete response. > Fri Jul 27 08:56:56 2007: Closing socket. > Fri Jul 27 08:56:56 2007: Socket closed. > > Squid http debug: 3 second delay at end > ---------------------------------------- > 2007/07/26 15:36:35| getMaxAge: > 'http://host/abc/directorytest/c/i-1.JPG?rand=859749' > 2007/07/26 15:36:35| ctx: enter level 0: > 'http://host/abc/directorytest/c/i-1.JPG?rand=859749' > 2007/07/26 15:36:35| refreshCheck: > 'http:/host/abc/directorytest/c/i-1.JPG?rand=859749' > 2007/07/26 15:36:35| STALE: expires 1185489395 < check_time 1185489455 > 2007/07/26 15:36:35| Staleness = 60 > 2007/07/26 15:36:35| refreshCheck: Matched '<none> 0 20% 259200' > 2007/07/26 15:36:35| refreshCheck: age = 60 > 2007/07/26 15:36:35| check_time: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:37:35 GMT > 2007/07/26 15:36:35| entry->timestamp: Thu, 26 Jul 2007 22:36:35 GMT > 1185489395.994 SWAPOUT 00 00081DFD 741C0A705149FFD54F8CE6B6B4486D77 > 200 1185489396 1185383126 1185489396 image/jpeg 42492/42492 GET > http://host/abc/directorytest/c/i-1.JPG? > 2007/07/26 15:36:38| ctx: exit level 0 <--- shows the 3 second delay > > > More Squid debug (different times) 3 second delay at end > ------------------------------------------------- > 2007/07/26 15:06:54| fwdStateFree: 0x85b9388 > 2007/07/26 15:06:54| fwdStart: > 'http://host/abc/directorytest/c/i-1.JPG?rand=279660' > 2007/07/26 15:06:54| fwdStartComplete: > http://host/abc/directorytest/c/i-1.JPG?rand=279660 > 2007/07/26 15:06:54| fwdConnectStart: > http://host/abc/directorytest/c/i-1.JPG?rand=279660 > 2007/07/26 15:06:54| fwdConnectStart: got addr 0.0.0.0, tos 0 > 2007/07/26 15:07:03| fwdConnectDone: FD 17: > 'http://host/abc/directorytest/c/i-1.JPG?rand=279660' > 2007/07/26 15:07:03| fwdDispatch: FD 16: Fetching 'GET > http://host/abc/directorytest/c/i-1.JPG?rand=279660' > 2007/07/26 15:07:03| fwdComplete: > http://hostabc/directorytest/c/i-1.JPG?rand=279660 > status 200 > 2007/07/26 15:07:03| fwdReforward: > http://hostabc/directorytest/c/i-1.JPG?rand=279660? > 2007/07/26 15:07:03| fwdReforward: No, ENTRY_FWD_HDR_WAIT isn't set > 2007/07/26 15:07:03| fwdComplete: not re-forwarding status 200 > 1185487623.236 SWAPOUT 00 0008077B 8AB49FB3B897FB721E06A8ED91EE1AF 200 > 1185487623 1185383126 1185487623 image/jpeg 42492/42492 GET > http://host/abc/directorytest/c/i-1.JPG? > 2007/07/26 15:07:03| fwdServerClosed: FD 17 > http://host/abc/directorytest/c/i-1.JPG?rand=279660 -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $25/pm entry-level bandwidth-capped VPSes available in WA -