Thank all for your replay, why does kid1 or kid2 , ... repeatedly crash and when it crashes why does not it restart again aromatically? do I have to restart the squid main process manually when ever a kid crashes? Is this solution efficient? Is there any solution to over come this problem? workers 8 cpu_affinity_map process_numbers=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 cores=2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16 redirect_program /usr/bin/squidGuard -c /etc/squid/squidGuard.conf redirect_children 4 redirector_bypass on Below is the cache log for kid1 when it crash 2011/09/15 13:51:45 kid1| helperDispatch: Helper redirector #1 has crashed 2011/09/15 13:51:45 kid1| helperDispatch: Helper redirector #1 has crashed 2011/09/15 13:51:45 kid1| WARNING: redirector #1 (FD 18) exited 2011/09/15 13:51:45 kid1| Too few redirector processes are running (need 1/4) 2011/09/15 13:51:45 kid1| Starting new helpers 2011/09/15 13:51:45 kid1| helperOpenServers: Starting 1/4 'squidGuard' processes Best Regards, Saleh Madi On Thu, 2011-09-15 at 23:34 +1200, Amos Jeffries wrote: > On 15/09/11 20:03, fredbmail wrote: > > You should change this value > > > > Line 49 > > > > Old: > > src/ipc/Strand.cc: setTimeout(6, "Ipc::Strand::timeoutHandler"); // TODO: > > make 6 configurable? > > New: > > src/ipc/Strand.cc: setTimeout(120, "Ipc::Strand::timeoutHandler"); // TODO: > > make 6 configurable? > > > > For cache disk with 130G setTimeout(120) is a good value for me > > > > Amos i saw the messages from Alex Rousskov (CVS mailling list) about SMP/IPC there will be a change about this problem in next CVS ? > > Currently no, it is not yet fixed. However his SMP work being merged > means the release countdown is started and we have a focus on fixing > everything. So a fairly good chance of being resolved soon. > > Amos > -- > Please be using > Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE9 or 3.1.15 > Beta testers wanted for 3.2.0.11 >