On 20-11-2009 9:01, fedorischev wrote: > Hello Squid list ! > > I having a problem with Squid CPU usage. The environment is described below: > > VMWare ESXi guest system - CentOS 5.3 x86_64 running two Squid's. This system > have 3 Gb RAM, > two CPU's each other 3.40 GHz. > First Squid is running with RAM-cache size 1 Gb. Second Squid is running > without any cache and use first as parent cache. Both are SQUID3.0-STABLE16. > > Here is some parts of config below: > > #first Squid: /etc/squid/squid.conf > > http_port 8080 > acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? > cache deny QUERY > cache_mem 1024 MB > maximum_object_size 1024 KB > maximum_object_size_in_memory 1024 KB > cache_replacement_policy heap GDSF > memory_replacement_policy heap GDSF > cache_dir null /null > ...skipped access logs... > > #we use third-side mysql authorization program > auth_param basic program /usr/lib64/squid/mysql_auth > auth_param basic children 20 > auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server > auth_param basic credentialsttl 20 second > auth_param basic casesensitive off > > ...skipped refresh patterns... > > ...skipped 34 ACL directives - non-regex based mainly > > http_reply_access allow all > > ...skipped log access... > > cache_effective_user nobody > visible_hostname proxy.bsu.edu.ru > > ...and something else > > #second Squid: /etc/squid-noauth/squid.conf > > http_port 8082 > #use first parent > cache_peer localhost parent 8080 0 no-query > hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? > #caching is disabled to everything > no_cache deny all > cache_mem 8 MB > cache_dir null /dev/null > ...skipping cache logs... > #in this Squid we have something more ACls - time-based mainly and a little > bit of regex-based > acl class0 src 172.18.31.1-172.18.31.199/32 > acl class0_time time SMTWHFA 00:00-23:59 > http_access allow class0 class0_time > #we have about 35 class sections described above > visible_hostname proxy1.bsu.edu.ru > memory_pools off > forwarded_for on > > ...about 7 delay pool classes > > It's not full configs, but I may present it if would be necessary. > The problem is not so simple: the second squid is periodically utilize CPU and > this is not depends on proxy users' activity. Usually this squid load about > 5-12 % CPU, but sometimes loading is hardly increasing - about 70-90 % CPU > (top reports it), while squidclient is reporting only 30-40% load. Squid is > continue working wery well under load, but why it's so highly loading ? In > any case, I repeat, this is not depends on users activity. > > Here is squidclient report on this proxy: > # squidclient -p 8082 mgr:info > > HTTP/1.0 200 OK > Server: squid/3.0.STABLE16 > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:04:21 GMT > Content-Type: text/plain > Expires: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:04:21 GMT > Last-Modified: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:04:21 GMT > X-Cache: MISS from proxy1.bsu.edu.ru > X-Cache-Lookup: MISS from proxy1.bsu.edu.ru:8082 > Via: 1.0 proxy1.bsu.edu.ru (squid/3.0.STABLE16) > Proxy-Connection: close > > Squid Object Cache: Version 3.0.STABLE16 > Start Time: Thu, 19 Nov 2009 07:32:34 GMT > Current Time: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:04:21 GMT > Connection information for squid: > Number of clients accessing cache: 87 > Number of HTTP requests received: 403810 > Number of ICP messages received: 0 > Number of ICP messages sent: 0 > Number of queued ICP replies: 0 > Number of HTCP messages received: 0 > Number of HTCP messages sent: 0 > Request failure ratio: 0.00 > Average HTTP requests per minute since start: 286.0 > Average ICP messages per minute since start: 0.0 > Select loop called: -1040018272 times, -0.081 ms avg > Cache information for squid: > Hits as % of all requests: 5min: 0.0%, 60min: 0.0% > Hits as % of bytes sent: 5min: 0.4%, 60min: 1.4% > Memory hits as % of hit requests: 5min: 0.0%, 60min: 0.0% > Disk hits as % of hit requests: 5min: 0.0%, 60min: 0.0% > Storage Swap size: 0 KB > Storage Swap capacity: 0.0% used, 0.0% free > Storage Mem size: 256 KB > Storage Mem capacity: 3.1% used, 96.9% free > Mean Object Size: 0.00 KB > Requests given to unlinkd: 0 > Median Service Times (seconds) 5 min 60 min: > HTTP Requests (All): 0.05633 0.04277 > Cache Misses: 0.05633 0.04277 > Cache Hits: 0.00000 0.00000 > Near Hits: 0.00000 0.00000 > Not-Modified Replies: 0.00000 0.00000 > DNS Lookups: 0.00000 0.00000 > ICP Queries: 0.00000 0.00000 > Resource usage for squid: > UP Time: 84706.947 seconds > CPU Time: 54585.067 seconds > CPU Usage: 64.44% > CPU Usage, 5 minute avg: 0.28% > CPU Usage, 60 minute avg: 0.24% > Process Data Segment Size via sbrk(): 5696 KB > Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB > Page faults with physical i/o: 2 > Memory usage for squid via mallinfo(): > Total space in arena: 15188 KB > Ordinary blocks: 11857 KB 46 blks > Small blocks: 0 KB 0 blks > Holding blocks: 3572 KB 17 blks > Free Small blocks: 0 KB > Free Ordinary blocks: 3330 KB > Total in use: 15429 KB 82% > Total free: 3330 KB 18% > Total size: 18760 KB > Memory accounted for: > Total accounted: 4846 KB 26% > memPool accounted: 4846 KB 26% > memPool unaccounted: 13913 KB 74% > memPoolAlloc calls: 373989217 > memPoolFree calls: 373985477 > File descriptor usage for squid: > Maximum number of file descriptors: 1024 > Largest file desc currently in use: 73 > Number of file desc currently in use: 64 > Files queued for open: 0 > Available number of file descriptors: 960 > Reserved number of file descriptors: 100 > Store Disk files open: 0 > Internal Data Structures: > 41 StoreEntries > 41 StoreEntries with MemObjects > 37 Hot Object Cache Items > 0 on-disk objects > > > And this is chunk of the "cache.log" that describes starting of squid: > > 2009/11/19 10:32:34| Starting Squid Cache version 3.0.STABLE16 for > x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu... > 2009/11/19 10:32:34| Process ID 6160 > 2009/11/19 10:32:34| With 1024 file descriptors available > 2009/11/19 10:32:34| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, port 33274, FD 10 > 2009/11/19 10:32:34| Adding domain bsu.edu.ru from /etc/resolv.conf > 2009/11/19 10:32:34| Adding nameserver 172.16.1.1 from /etc/resolv.conf > 2009/11/19 10:32:34| Adding nameserver 172.24.1.1 from /etc/resolv.conf > 2009/11/19 10:32:34| User-Agent logging is disabled. > 2009/11/19 10:32:34| Referer logging is disabled. > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 15 > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Local cache digest enabled; rebuild/rewrite every > 3600/3600 sec > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Swap maxSize 0 + 0 KB, estimated 0 objects > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Target number of buckets: 0 > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Using 8192 Store buckets > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Max Mem size: 0 KB > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Max Swap size: 0 KB > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Using Least Load store dir selection > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Set Current Directory to /var/spool/squid-noauth > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Loaded Icons. > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Accepting HTTP connections at 0.0.0.0, port 8082, FD 14. > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| HTCP Disabled. > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Accepting SNMP messages on port 3402, FD 16. > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Configuring Parent localhost/8080/0 > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Ready to serve requests. > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Finished rebuilding storage from disk. > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| 0 Entries scanned > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| 0 Invalid entries. > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| 0 With invalid flags. > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| 0 Objects loaded. > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| 0 Objects expired. > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| 0 Objects cancelled. > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| 0 Duplicate URLs purged. > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| 0 Swapfile clashes avoided. > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Took 0.30 seconds ( 0.00 objects/sec). > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Beginning Validation Procedure > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Completed Validation Procedure > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| Validated 25 Entries > 2009/11/19 10:32:35| store_swap_size = 0 > 2009/11/19 10:32:36| storeLateRelease: released 0 objects > > > Any tips, tricks ? What I'm missing ? Thank you. Regards. Did you execute the steps described in the following document? VMware Self-Service- Timekeeping best practices for Linux guests (http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1006427) It could be that if your timekeeping is off and/or ntpd is not running to correct tick duration, top might report incorrect information. -- With kind regards, Angelo Höngens systems administrator MCSE on Windows 2003 MCSE on Windows 2000 MS Small Business Specialist ------------------------------------------ NetMatch tourism internet software solutions Ringbaan Oost 2b 5013 CA Tilburg +31 (0)13 5811088 +31 (0)13 5821239 A.Hongens@xxxxxxxxxxx www.netmatch.nl ------------------------------------------