The first thing to do is update to Squid-2.6 at the very least, perhaps Squid-2.7 when the next STABLE release is made. The CPU should drop quite dramatically. Of course, since you're maxing out the LAN interface, you may wish to also install a GigE adaptor with that. adrian 2008/7/22 Thompson, Scott (WA) <Scott.Thompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi all > We are seeing some weird behaviour with our Squid server > Thru out the day Internet Explorer will come back with Internet Explorer > cannot display the page > No errors from Squid as such, it appears that IE simply cannot contact > the squid server, that's what it looks like to me! > I have MRTG installed and for HTTP In and Out we are seeing it max out > at 14.4MB/s as well as Server In/Out traffic > I assume this means that the LAN card in the squid server is saturated > with traffic and I suspect this is why the server is not responding to > requests from the users. 14.4MB/s = 100Mb which is what the LAN card is > Usually hitting refresh a few times will load the page in question > The squid server is located in a DMZ behind a Cisco PIX, the MRTG > traffic reported on the DMZ interface on the PIX shows a max in and out > of about 512KB/s (5 minute averages) > We are running Squid 2.5 Stable6, I know this is a fairly old version. > This has only started happening since we have implemented a hosted > solution for our reporting systems for our retail stores as well as for > the users who need to get these reports and information. > If anyone can offer any insights to this it would be greatly > appreciated. If you require more information don't hesitate to let me > know. > > Scott > > >
