DearAll, Please help me on this as after setting up multiple instances on the same server for (cache Directory fault tolerance myy squid speed/response is extremely slow and even most of the sites keep on opening and opening. I am failing to figure out whats wrong. Please guide me on this i am enclosing my configuration files for your reference. Instance 1 with which all the users are connected: visible_hostname squidLhr unique_hostname squidMainProcess pid_filename /var/run/squid3main.pid http_port 8080 icp_port 0 snmp_port 3161 access_log /var/logs/access.log cache_log /var/logs/cache.log cache_effective_user proxy cache_peer 127.0.0.1 parent 3128 0 default no-digest no-query proxy-only no-delay #temporarily Directive never_direct allow all prefer_direct off cache_dir aufs /var/spool/squid3 10000 32 320 coredump_dir /var/spool/squid3 cache deny all acl localServers dst 10.0.0.0/8 always_direct allow localservers cache deny LocalServers acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 http_access allow localhost acl FcUsr src "/etc/squid3/FcUsr.conf" acl PUsr src "/etc/squid3/PUsr.conf" acl RUsr src "/etc/squid3/RUsr.conf" acl BIP dst "/etc/squid3/Blocked.conf" acl CONNECT method CONNECT # Windows Update Section... acl windowsupdate dstdomain windowsupdate.microsoft.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain .update.microsoft.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain download.windowsupdate.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain redir.metaservices.microsoft.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain images.metaservices.microsoft.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain c.microsoft.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain www.download.windowsupdate.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain wustat.windows.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain crl.microsoft.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain sls.microsoft.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain productactivation.one.microsoft.com acl windowsupdate dstdomain ntservicepack.microsoft.com acl wuCONNECT dstdomain www.update.microsoft.com acl wuCONNECT dstdomain sls.microsoft.com http_access allow CONNECT wuCONNECT FcUsr http_access allow CONNECT wuCONNECT PUsr http_access allow CONNECT wuCONNECT RUsr http_access allow CONNECT wuCONNECT localhost http_access allow windowsupdate FcUsr http_access allow windowsupdate PUsr http_access allow windowsupdate RUsr http_access allow windowsupdate localhost #Defining & allowing ports section.... acl SSL_ports port 443 #https 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 http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports acl manager proto cache_object http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager acl workinghours time MTWHF 09:00-12:59 acl workinghours time MTWHF 15:00-17:00 ####----Definitions for BlockingRules----##### ###Definition of MP3/MPEG acl FTP proto FTP acl MP3url urlpath_regex \.mp3(\?.*)?$ acl Movies rep_mime_type video/mpeg acl MP3s rep_mime_type audio/mpeg ###Definition of Flash Video acl deny_rep_mime_flashvideo rep_mime_type video/flv ###Definition of Porn acl Sex urlpath_regex sex acl PornSites url_regex "/etc/squid3/pornlist" ####Definition of YouTube. ## The videos come from several domains acl youtube_domains dstdomain .youtube.com .googlevideo.com .ytimg.com ###Definition of FaceBook acl facebook_sites dstdomain .facebook.com #### Definition of MSN Messenger acl msn urlpath_regex -i gateway.dll acl msnd dstdomain messenger.msn.com gateway.messenger.hotmail.com acl msn1 req_mime_type application/x-msn-messenger ####Definition of Skype acl numeric_IPs url_regex ^(([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+)|(\[([0-9af]+)?:([0-9af:]+)?:([0-9af]+)?\])):443 acl Skype_UA browser ^skype^ ##Definition of Yahoo! Messenger acl ym dstdomain .messenger.yahoo.com .psq.yahoo.com acl ym dstdomain .us.il.yimg.com .msg.yahoo.com .pager.yahoo.com acl ym dstdomain .rareedge.com .ytunnelpro.com .chat.yahoo.com acl ym dstdomain .voice.yahoo.com acl ymregex url_regex yupdater.yim ymsgr myspaceim ## Other protocols Yahoo!Messenger uses ?? acl ym dstdomain .skype.com .imvu.com ###Definition for Disallowing download of executables from web##### acl downloads url_regex "/etc/squid3/download.conf" ###Definiton of Torrentz#### acl torrentSeeds urlpath_regex \.torrent(\?.*)?$ ###Definition of Rapidshare### acl dlSites dstdomain .rapidshare.com .rapidsharemegaupload.com .filespump.com ###---------------------------------------------######## http_access deny PornSites http_access deny Sex #http_access deny RUsr PornSites #http_access deny PUsr PornSites #deny everyone porn sites.... #http_access deny RUsr Sex #http_access deny PUsr Sex http_access deny PUsr msnd http_access deny RUsr msnd http_access deny PUsr msn http_access deny RUsr msn http_access deny PUsr msn1 http_access deny RUsr msn1 http_access deny PUsr numeric_IPs http_access deny RUsr numeric_IPs http_access deny PUsr Skype_UA http_access deny RUsr Skype_UA http_access deny RUsr ym http_access deny PUsr ym http_access deny RUsr ymregex http_access deny PUsr ymregex #----Most Restricted settings Exclusive for Normal users......# http_reply_access deny Movies RUsr http_reply_access deny MP3s RUsr http_access deny RUsr FTP http_access deny RUsr MP3url http_reply_access deny deny_rep_mime_flashvideo RUsr http_access deny RUsr youtube_domains http_access deny RUsr facebook_sites http_access deny RUsr BIP http_access deny RUsr downloads http_access deny RUsr torrentSeeds http_access deny RUsr dlSites http_access allow PUsr !workinghours youtube_domains http_access allow PUsr !workinghours facebook_sites http_access allow PUsr !workinghours BIP http_access allow FcUsr http_access allow PUsr http_access allow RUsr http_access deny all Instance 2 which is utlizing Microsoft ISA Server for internet access: visible_hostname squidLhr unique_hostname squidCacheProcess pid_filename /var/run/squid3cache.pid # internet access is through ISA server(10.1.82.205) cache_peer 10.1.82.205 parent 8080 0 default no-digest no-query http_port 3128 icp_port 0 snmp_port 7172 access_log /var/logs/access2.log cache_log /var/logs/cache2.log cache_effective_user proxy coredump_dir /cache01/var/spool/squid3 cache_dir aufs /cache01/var/spool/squid3 50000 48 768 cache_swap_low 75 cache_mem 1000 MB range_offset_limit -1 maximum_object_size 4096 MB #minimum_object_size 12 bytes quick_abort_min -1 cache_replacement_policy lru refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 #specific for youtube belowone.... refresh_pattern (get_video\?|videoplayback\?|videodownload\?) 5259487 99999999% 5259487 refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0 #This directive forcing to go to origin servers itself and not use peer.in test environments you may have to disable this... #always_direct allow all acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 http_access allow localhost http_access deny all _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969