For some unknown reason squid stopped using CPU even when I returned cache to NFS partition: procs -----------memory---------- ---swap-- -----io---- --system-- -----cpu------ r b swpd free buff cache si so bi bo in cs us sy id wa st 2 0 96 2665972 119112 513756 0 0 3 41 91 213 4 7 89 0 0 1 0 96 2665848 119120 513888 0 0 4 22 1712 584 0 1 98 1 0 0 0 96 2665664 119144 513992 0 0 18 164 1853 704 1 1 96 3 0 0 0 96 2665416 119164 513996 0 0 8 42 1935 739 0 2 97 1 0 0 0 96 2664664 119188 514216 0 0 20 0 1728 682 1 3 94 2 0 0 0 96 2663920 119228 514640 0 0 18 280 2020 861 1 2 94 3 0 0 0 96 2663424 119252 514848 0 0 6 70 2063 837 1 2 97 1 0 0 1 96 2662868 119268 515084 0 0 6 533 1837 773 1 2 96 1 0 0 0 96 2662752 119276 515156 0 0 0 80 1758 609 0 1 98 1 0 0 0 96 2661884 119292 515652 0 0 14 0 2035 849 1 2 96 2 0 0 0 96 2661016 119320 515968 0 0 6 384 1839 659 0 1 96 2 0 0 0 96 2660272 119324 516252 0 0 0 32 1835 684 1 2 98 0 0 0 0 96 2659528 119324 516684 0 0 0 30 2021 891 0 2 97 0 0 0 0 96 2658908 119340 516984 0 0 0 468 1893 662 1 1 97 1 0 0 0 96 2657980 119368 517488 0 0 36 0 1960 748 0 2 96 1 0 It happened yesterday at 17:25 (GMT+7). I was performing some reconfiguration (I changed storage array trunks protocol from PAgP to LACP) at that time but I don't know the real implication of that. I will post if squid CPU usage will rise again. > There has to be some reason for the high load. At 4 mbit/sec a recent > CPU should be mostly idle. Let's have a look at your configuration. > Use something like... > egrep -v "^#|^$" /etc/squid.conf > ...to cut the fluff. If you defined ACLs that use exernal files, please > give an indication of what those files contain. # egrep -v "^#|^$" /etc/squid/squid.conf http_port 8080 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? cache deny QUERY acl apache rep_header Server ^Apache broken_vary_encoding allow apache cache_mem 384 MB cache_swap_low 90 cache_swap_high 95 maximum_object_size_in_memory 256 KB cache_replacement_policy heap LFUDA memory_replacement_policy heap GDSF cache_dir aufs /var/spool/squid 16384 64 1024 access_log /var/log/squid/access.log squid cache_store_log none refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 acl all src 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl SSL_ports port 443 acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 443 # https acl Safe_ports port 70 # gopher acl Safe_ports port 210 # wais acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports acl Safe_ports port 280 # http-mgmt acl Safe_ports port 488 # gss-http acl Safe_ports port 591 # filemaker acl Safe_ports port 777 # multiling http acl CONNECT method CONNECT acl mynet src 34.34.0.0/255.255.240.0 35.35.148.0/255.255.255.0 acl admins src 34.34.2.0/255.255.255.224 34.34.1.136 34.34.1.0/255.255.255.224 acl culture src 34.34.2.240/255.255.255.240 34.34.1.83 34.34.0.104/255.255.255.252 acl pubrooms src 34.34.1.89 acl pubrooms_ext url_regex \.mp3 \.avi \.mpeg \.mpg \.wav \.wma \.ogg \.aac \.mmf acl pubrooms_mime rep_mime_type audio video http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access deny pubrooms pubrooms_ext http_access allow localhost http_access allow mynet http_access deny all http_reply_access allow manager http_reply_access deny pubrooms pubrooms_mime http_reply_access allow mynet http_reply_access deny all icp_access allow mynet icp_access deny all cache_mgr root@xxxxxxxxxxxx mail_from squid@xxxxxxxxxxxx logfile_rotate 4 append_domain .mydomain.com memory_pools_limit 0 MB delay_pools 3 delay_class 1 1 delay_class 2 1 delay_class 3 1 delay_access 1 deny culture delay_access 1 allow mynet delay_access 1 deny all delay_access 2 allow culture delay_access 2 deny all delay_access 3 allow admins delay_access 3 deny all delay_parameters 2 -1/-1 delay_parameters 1 -1/-1 delay_parameters 3 -1/-1 coredump_dir /var/spool/squid Regards, Nikita.