not really. Nothing however forbids the external authorizaion processes (squidguard for example) from implementing their own reconfiguration logic, for instance by receiving a SIGHUP. In this case squid would not even know that the hpers have reconfigured themselves. Francesco On 5/26/09, Maxime Gaudreault <mgaudreault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Can I reload the custom blacklist using another command than squid3 -k > reconfigure ? > > Max > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maxime Gaudreault [mailto:mgaudreault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: May-24-09 2:22 PM > To: Amos Jeffries > Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: Load average problem > > Squid 3 > Low connection load. Only my laptop > Dualcore, 4gb, 1tb > > __________________ > Max > Sent from iPhone > > -----Original Message----- > From: Amos Jeffries [mailto:squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: May-22-09 10:20 PM > To: Maxime Gaudreault > Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Load average problem > > Maxime Gaudreault wrote: >> Hi list, >> >> I have a squid+squidguard server. >> >> When I make some changes on my "custom" blacklist I run these > commands: >> >> /usr/bin/squidGuard -c /etc/squid3/squidGuard.conf.local -C all >> /bin/chown -R proxy:proxy /var/lib/squidguard/db >> /usr/sbin/squid3 -k reconfigure >> >> To apply the changes. My problem is that load average gets very high >> during a long time. The faulty command is the last one: > /usr/sbin/squid3 >> -k reconfigure >> >> Here is the timeline: >> >> I run "/usr/sbin/squid3 -k reconfigure" >> After 50secs load average is 5 >> After 1m23 load average is 9.5 >> After 2m00 load average is 12 >> After 2m55 load average is 14 >> After 3m40 14.90 (peak) >> It starts to get down 4m30sec later >> After 4m55 load average is 12.2 >> After 5m35 load average is 10.45 >> After 5m45 load average is 8.85 >> After 6m00 load average is 6.89 >> After 6m30 load average is 4.17 >> After 7m00 load average is 2.53 >> After 7m30 load average is 1.53 >> After 8m00 load average is 0.93 >> >> It takes 8 minutes before the load average gets back to 0. During this >> time, CPU is not always 100%. Most of the time it's 0-10% with some >> peak. >> >> I can't browse during these 8 minutes. >> >> Can someone help me ? > > What squid version? > Under what normal connection load? > with what configuration? > > Amos > -- > Please be using > Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE6 or 3.0.STABLE15 > Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.7 > -- Sent from my mobile device /kinkie