Nope! i haven't applied aufs, but i will try upgrading to 2.7 with aufs, and would get back with results. Thanks to all for support Regards, .Goody. --- On Thu, 7/2/09, Brett Glass <squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Brett Glass <squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: squid becomes very slow during peak hours > To: "goody goody" <thinkodd@xxxxxxxxx>, squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: "Chris Robertson" <crobertson@xxxxxxx>, balique8061@xxxxxxxxx, henrik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Amos jafferies Squid GURU" <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thursday, July 2, 2009, 7:42 AM > I wonder if your problem might be > diskd. > > At one time, diskd was hailed as a great way to speed up a > cache, but that was back in the days when caches had a small > fraction of the load they do today. Nowadays, it appears > that diskd's overhead creates a huge bottleneck. > > Have you tried COSS or AUFS? > > --Brett Glass > >