Dear All, Iam facing a server load of 2.0 almost all the time and a whole of 32GB of rams are consumed on the server used for squid production My question is Why the 32GB of rams are consumed and why the server is LOADING all the time The squid is used in transparent mode, and cache_replacement_policy heap LFUDA memory_replacement_policy heap GDSF Below are some information might help you in guiding me Thank you in advance Cordially, Bill Server Specs: Processor information: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5420 @ 2.50GHz, 8 cores Kernel and CPU: Linux 2.6.26-2-amd64 on x86_64 Memory: total used free shared buffers cached Mem: 32242 32077 164 0 1647 3805 -/+ buffers/cache: 26624 5618 Swap: 1898 949 949 System HD's: /dev/sdc1 931G 304G 627G 33% /cache1 /dev/sdd1 931G 304G 628G 33% /cache2 /dev/sde1 931G 304G 628G 33% /cache3 Used in squid.conf : cache_dir aufs /cache1 761856 16 256 cache_dir aufs /cache2 761856 16 256 cache_dir aufs /cache3 761856 16 256 Squid Object Cache: Version 2.7.STABLE9 Start Time: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:20:32 GMT Current Time: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:22:57 GMT Connection information for squid: Number of clients accessing cache: 0 Number of HTTP requests received: 29432081 Number of ICP messages received: 0 Number of ICP messages sent: 0 Number of queued ICP replies: 0 Request failure ratio: 0.00 Average HTTP requests per minute since start: 5701.2 Average ICP messages per minute since start: 0.0 Select loop called: 344028563 times, 0.900 ms avg Cache information for squid: Request Hit Ratios: 5min: 46.2%, 60min: 44.7% Byte Hit Ratios: 5min: 36.4%, 60min: 33.8% Request Memory Hit Ratios: 5min: 30.2%, 60min: 31.0% Request Disk Hit Ratios: 5min: 38.1%, 60min: 37.1% Storage Swap size: 971763728 KB Storage Mem size: 15728492 KB Mean Object Size: 23.37 KB Requests given to unlinkd: 0 Median Service Times (seconds) 5 min 60 min: HTTP Requests (All): 0.39928 0.39928 Cache Misses: 0.85130 0.85130 Cache Hits: 0.00091 0.00000 Near Hits: 0.44492 0.42149 Not-Modified Replies: 0.00000 0.00000 DNS Lookups: 0.31806 0.31806 ICP Queries: 0.00000 0.00000 Resource usage for squid: UP Time: 309744.817 seconds CPU Time: 21262.145 seconds CPU Usage: 6.86% CPU Usage, 5 minute avg: 7.10% CPU Usage, 60 minute avg: 6.98% Process Data Segment Size via sbrk(): 1035968 KB Maximum Resident Size: 0 KB Page faults with physical i/o: 48253 Memory usage for squid via mallinfo(): Total space in arena: 275192 KB Ordinary blocks: 270230 KB 1410 blks Small blocks: 0 KB 0 blks Holding blocks: 287664 KB 6 blks Free Small blocks: 0 KB Free Ordinary blocks: 4961 KB Total in use: 557894 KB 99% Total free: 4961 KB 1% Total size: 562856 KB Memory accounted for: Total accounted: 23071656 KB memPoolAlloc calls: 4165629174 memPoolFree calls: 3999994225 File descriptor usage for squid: Maximum number of file descriptors: 8192 Largest file desc currently in use: 4007 Number of file desc currently in use: 3229 Files queued for open: 0 Available number of file descriptors: 4963 Reserved number of file descriptors: 100 Store Disk files open: 59 IO loop method: epoll Internal Data Structures: 41658744 StoreEntries 1667360 StoreEntries with MemObjects 1665571 Hot Object Cache Items 41574469 on-disk objects Cache Utilisation: Last 5 minutes: sample_start_time = 1285841897.37157 (Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:18:17 GMT) sample_end_time = 1285842197.40316 (Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:23:17 GMT) client_http.requests = 101.512264/sec client_http.hits = 45.562854/sec client_http.errors = 0.000000/sec client_http.kbytes_in = 96.078988/sec client_http.kbytes_out = 1296.996343/sec client_http.all_median_svc_time = 0.399283 seconds client_http.miss_median_svc_time = 0.851301 seconds client_http.nm_median_svc_time = 0.000000 seconds client_http.nh_median_svc_time = 0.444919 seconds client_http.hit_median_svc_time = 0.000911 seconds server.all.requests = 60.796026/sec server.all.errors = 0.000000/sec server.all.kbytes_in = 855.940987/sec server.all.kbytes_out = 77.859180/sec server.http.requests = 60.796026/sec server.http.errors = 0.000000/sec server.http.kbytes_in = 855.944320/sec server.http.kbytes_out = 77.859180/sec server.ftp.requests = 0.000000/sec server.ftp.errors = 0.000000/sec server.ftp.kbytes_in = 0.000000/sec server.ftp.kbytes_out = 0.000000/sec server.other.requests = 0.000000/sec server.other.errors = 0.000000/sec server.other.kbytes_in = 0.000000/sec server.other.kbytes_out = 0.000000/sec icp.pkts_sent = 0.000000/sec icp.pkts_recv = 0.000000/sec icp.queries_sent = 0.000000/sec icp.replies_sent = 0.000000/sec icp.queries_recv = 0.000000/sec icp.replies_recv = 0.000000/sec icp.replies_queued = 0.000000/sec icp.query_timeouts = 0.000000/sec icp.kbytes_sent = 0.000000/sec icp.kbytes_recv = 0.000000/sec icp.q_kbytes_sent = 0.000000/sec icp.r_kbytes_sent = 0.000000/sec icp.q_kbytes_recv = 0.000000/sec icp.r_kbytes_recv = 0.000000/sec icp.query_median_svc_time = 0.000000 seconds icp.reply_median_svc_time = 0.000000 seconds dns.median_svc_time = 0.318055 seconds unlink.requests = 0.000000/sec page_faults = 0.159998/sec select_loops = 1257.813422/sec select_fds = 1336.672592/sec average_select_fd_period = 0.000748/fd median_select_fds = 0.000000 swap.outs = 21.003112/sec swap.ins = 49.239482/sec swap.files_cleaned = 0.000000/sec aborted_requests = 2.573306/sec syscalls.polls = 1257.813422/sec syscalls.disk.opens = 52.222783/sec syscalls.disk.closes = 104.378901/sec syscalls.disk.reads = 116.352108/sec syscalls.disk.writes = 192.267975/sec syscalls.disk.seeks = 0.000000/sec syscalls.disk.unlinks = 10.159893/sec syscalls.sock.accepts = 80.629151/sec syscalls.sock.sockets = 27.196380/sec syscalls.sock.connects = 27.129714/sec syscalls.sock.binds = 27.196380/sec syscalls.sock.closes = 67.942618/sec syscalls.sock.reads = 604.276970/sec syscalls.sock.writes = 673.569574/sec syscalls.sock.recvfroms = 9.006572/sec syscalls.sock.sendtos = 4.603285/sec cpu_time = 22.461403 seconds wall_time = 300.003159 seconds cpu_usage = 7.487055% Last 15 minutes: sample_start_time = 1285841296.767451 (Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:08:16 GMT) sample_end_time = 1285842197.40316 (Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:23:17 GMT) client_http.requests = 103.752988/sec client_http.hits = 47.249008/sec client_http.errors = 0.000000/sec client_http.kbytes_in = 101.692502/sec client_http.kbytes_out = 1282.156827/sec client_http.all_median_svc_time = 0.421485 seconds client_http.miss_median_svc_time = 0.898576 seconds client_http.nm_median_svc_time = 0.000000 seconds client_http.nh_median_svc_time = 0.444919 seconds client_http.hit_median_svc_time = 0.000000 seconds server.all.requests = 61.955661/sec server.all.errors = 0.000000/sec server.all.kbytes_in = 858.460840/sec server.all.kbytes_out = 83.472470/sec server.http.requests = 61.955661/sec server.http.errors = 0.000000/sec server.http.kbytes_in = 858.460840/sec server.http.kbytes_out = 83.472470/sec server.ftp.requests = 0.000000/sec server.ftp.errors = 0.000000/sec server.ftp.kbytes_in = 0.000000/sec server.ftp.kbytes_out = 0.000000/sec server.other.requests = 0.000000/sec server.other.errors = 0.000000/sec server.other.kbytes_in = 0.000000/sec server.other.kbytes_out = 0.000000/sec icp.pkts_sent = 0.000000/sec icp.pkts_recv = 0.000000/sec icp.queries_sent = 0.000000/sec icp.replies_sent = 0.000000/sec icp.queries_recv = 0.000000/sec icp.replies_recv = 0.000000/sec icp.replies_queued = 0.000000/sec icp.query_timeouts = 0.000000/sec icp.kbytes_sent = 0.000000/sec icp.kbytes_recv = 0.000000/sec icp.q_kbytes_sent = 0.000000/sec icp.r_kbytes_sent = 0.000000/sec icp.q_kbytes_recv = 0.000000/sec icp.r_kbytes_recv = 0.000000/sec icp.query_median_svc_time = 0.000000 seconds icp.reply_median_svc_time = 0.000000 seconds dns.median_svc_time = 0.332523 seconds unlink.requests = 0.000000/sec page_faults = 0.283247/sec select_loops = 1210.495220/sec select_fds = 1305.790773/sec average_select_fd_period = 0.000766/fd median_select_fds = 0.000000 swap.outs = 22.723111/sec swap.ins = 51.594357/sec swap.files_cleaned = 0.000000/sec aborted_requests = 2.557003/sec syscalls.polls = 1210.495220/sec syscalls.disk.opens = 55.269910/sec syscalls.disk.closes = 110.417634/sec syscalls.disk.reads = 123.492559/sec syscalls.disk.writes = 208.668957/sec syscalls.disk.seeks = 0.000000/sec syscalls.disk.unlinks = 10.945570/sec syscalls.sock.accepts = 78.552851/sec syscalls.sock.sockets = 27.352818/sec syscalls.sock.connects = 27.287283/sec syscalls.sock.binds = 27.352818/sec syscalls.sock.closes = 68.498121/sec syscalls.sock.reads = 587.927306/sec syscalls.sock.writes = 659.728870/sec syscalls.sock.recvfroms = 9.038371/sec syscalls.sock.sendtos = 4.636372/sec cpu_time = 67.964247 seconds wall_time = 900.272865 seconds cpu_usage = 7.549294%