Dear team, I run a Squid Cache: Version 3.1.8. i have a problem when my client_http.requests = is more than 200/sec. pages doesn't browse but when the request are less than 200 i dont find any problem. i don't see any errors in /etc/var/squid/cache.log. my file descriptors is 32768. Please find my configuration below and do suggest me if i m any where wrong in my configuration. Thanks in advance. my h/w details is as fallows: CPU: 3.00 GHZ XEON processor RAM: 8 GB HDD: 148 GB * 2 SAS HDD my ulimint -n = 32768 File descriptor usage for squid: Maximum number of file descriptors: 32768 Largest file desc currently in use: 6064 Number of file desc currently in use: 5656 Files queued for open: 0 Available number of file descriptors: 27112 Reserved number of file descriptors: 100 Store Disk files open: 119 my squid.conf: ########### Start of squid.conf #created by ANANTH############# cache_effective_user squid cache_effective_group squid http_port 3128 transparent # httpd_accel_host virtual # httpd_accel_port 80 # httpd_accel_with_proxy on # httpd_accel_uses_host_header on # cache_dir aufs /var/spool/squid 16384 32 512 #--This has been inserted to check the cache-- #cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 16384 16 256 #cache_dir ufs /cache0/squid 16384 16 256 #cache_dir ufs /squid0/squid 16384 16 256 cache_dir aufs /squid1/squid 16384 32 512 #cache_dir /tmp null cache_access_log /var/log/squid/access.log cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log cache_store_log none logfile_rotate 7 emulate_httpd_log on cache_mem 3 GB maximum_object_size_in_memory 256 KB memory_replacement_policy lru cache_replacement_policy lru maximum_object_size 64 MB hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? no_cache deny QUERY hosts_file /etc/hosts refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern . 0 40% 4320 ##Define your network below #acl mynetwork src 192.168.0.0/24 acl mynetwork src 192.168.106.0/24 # cbinetwork private acl mynetwork src 192.168.107.0/24 # cbinetwork private acl mynetwork src 192.168.110.0/24 # cbinetwork private acl mynetwork src 192.168.120.0/24 # cbinetwork private acl mynetwork src 192.168.121.0/24 # cbinetwork private acl mynetwork src 192.168.130.0/24 # cbinetwork private acl mynetwork src 192.168.150.0/24 # cbinetwork private acl mynetwork src 192.168.151.0/24 # cbinetwork private acl mynetwork src 192.168.160.0/24 # cbinetwork private acl mynetwork src 10.100.101.0/24 # cbinetwork private acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl localhost src ::1/128 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 acl to_localhost dst ::1/128 acl purge method PURGE acl CONNECT method CONNECT acl Safe_ports port 80 # http acl Safe_ports port 21 # ftp acl Safe_ports port 443 # https acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 #unregistered ports acl SSL_ports port 443 563 http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager http_access allow purge localhost http_access deny purge http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow localhost http_access allow mynetwork # http_access deny all http_reply_access allow all icp_access allow mynetwork # icp_access deny all visible_hostname proxy.cbinet.bi coredump_dir /squid1/squid # ###############################################