#!/bin/bash REFRESH=5 while [ 1 ] do /usr/sbin/squidclient mgr:ntlmauthenticator | tail -n +20 | head -n 39 sleep ${REFRESH} clear done I quickly knocked up this so i can monitor it tomorrow at work :D thanks On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 10:02 PM, Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 9/07/2012 11:50 p.m., Jason Leschnik wrote: >> >> Thanks for the reply :) >> >> I did some basic math on the cache.log and came up with about 80 >> helpers we need. I will monitor both the cache.log + the general user >> experience to see if this improves the situation. > > > In the cache manager repots there is a "ntlmauthenticators" report which > lists all the helpers and how loaded they are. For efficiency and easy > management the helpers are loaded so the first ones get a lot of requests > then it tails off towrads the last one. You want to get it so that you have > enough to cover peak traffic, but the last of your set is rarely used. > > Amos > -- Regards, Jason Leschnik. [m] 0432 35 4224 [w@] jason dot leschnik <at> ansto dot gov dot au [U@] jml974@xxxxxxxxxx