>From the multiple instance setup using Squid 3stable25 i have shifted to squid3stable1 packaged with ubuntu 8.04 LTS.However i am unable to understand why its too much slow. Whats wrong please anybody help out.Is it something to do with Operating system? Or initially Squid runs that much slow? I feel helpless. Please guide me. My Hardware: Physical Server IBM 3650 Physical RAID 1 + A Volume Disk each of 73 GB size. currently i am doing caching on RAID1. RAM 4GB My Conf File: visible_hostname squidLhr unique_hostname squidDefault pid_filename /var/run/squid3.pid http_port 10.1.82.53:8080 icp_port 0 snmp_port 0 access_log /var/log/squid3/access.log squid cache_log /var/log/squid3/cache.log cache_peer 10.1.82.205 parent 8080 0 default no-digest no-query #cache_peer 127.0.0.1 parent 3128 0 default no-digest no-query proxy-only no-delay use in the multiple setup #temporarily Directive never_direct allow all #prefer_direct off use in the multiple setup while ponder on the above directive as well as it may not be needed with direct internet access. cache_dir aufs /var/spool/squid3 10000 32 320 coredump_dir /var/spool/squid3 cache_swap_low 75 cache_mem 100 MB range_offset_limit 0 KB maximum_object_size 4096 MB minimum_object_size 0 KB quick_abort_min 16 KB 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 acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 #Define Local Network. acl FcUsr src "/etc/squid3/FcUsr.conf" acl PUsr src "/etc/squid3/PUsr.conf" acl RUsr src "/etc/squid3/RUsr.conf" #Define Local Servers acl localServers dst 10.0.0.0/8 #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 acl CONNECT method CONNECT # Only allow cachemgr access from localhost http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager # Deny request to unknown ports http_access deny !Safe_ports # Deny request to other than SSL ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports #Allow access from localhost http_access allow localhost # Local server should never be forwarded to neighbour/peers and they should never be cached. always_direct allow localservers cache deny LocalServers # 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 all http_access allow windowsupdate localhost acl workinghours time MTWHF 09:00-12:59 acl workinghours time MTWHF 15:00-17:00 acl BIP dst "/etc/squid3/Blocked.conf" ####----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 _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969
