Hi list! Is there any chance to speed up my squid proxy by changing the config? I don't think my squid is really slow. But some users think so. Thanks a lot! Here some information about the Hardware: # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 44 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5650 @ 2.67GHz stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 2660.000 cache size : 12288 KB fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology tsc_reliable nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes hypervisor lahf_lm ida arat bogomips : 5320.00 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: processor : 1 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 44 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5650 @ 2.67GHz stepping : 2 cpu MHz : 2660.000 cache size : 12288 KB fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 11 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss syscall nx rdtscp lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good xtopology tsc_reliable nonstop_tsc aperfmperf pni pclmulqdq ssse3 cx16 sse4_1 sse4_2 popcnt aes hypervisor lahf_lm ida arat bogomips : 5320.00 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: ------------------------------------------ # cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 2057432 kB MemFree: 330656 kB Buffers: 138628 kB Cached: 800828 kB SwapCached: 24844 kB Active: 796564 kB Inactive: 660000 kB Active(anon): 295336 kB Inactive(anon): 221812 kB Active(file): 501228 kB Inactive(file): 438188 kB Unevictable: 0 kB Mlocked: 0 kB SwapTotal: 407544 kB SwapFree: 328728 kB Dirty: 352 kB Writeback: 0 kB AnonPages: 492608 kB Mapped: 14632 kB Shmem: 132 kB Slab: 184576 kB SReclaimable: 160328 kB SUnreclaim: 24248 kB KernelStack: 2368 kB PageTables: 33136 kB NFS_Unstable: 0 kB Bounce: 0 kB WritebackTmp: 0 kB CommitLimit: 1436260 kB Committed_AS: 10306360 kB VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB VmallocUsed: 274032 kB VmallocChunk: 34359460564 kB HardwareCorrupted: 0 kB HugePages_Total: 0 HugePages_Free: 0 HugePages_Rsvd: 0 HugePages_Surp: 0 Hugepagesize: 2048 kB DirectMap4k: 10240 kB DirectMap2M: 2086912 kB ------------------------------------------ # df -h /dev/sda1 6,6G 2,8G 3,6G 44% / /dev/sdb1 10G 7,3G 2,8G 73% /var/spool/squid3 /dev/sda3 912M 94M 772M 11% /var/log Sdb is a raid10 device. ------------------------------ This is my config. cache_mem 64 MB maximum_object_size 1000 KB maximum_object_size_in_memory 128 KB cache_replacement_policy heap LFUDA memory_replacement_policy heap GDSF cache_dir aufs /var/spool/squid3 8000 256 256 dns_nameservers 10.4.1.20 cache_peer localhost parent 8899 0 no-query no-digest url_rewrite_program /usr/bin/squidGuard -c /etc/squid/squidGuard.conf url_rewrite_children 20 cache_effective_user proxy cache_mgr lux.support@xxxxxx error_directory /usr/share/squid3/errors/de-de auth_param ntlm program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=squid-2.5-ntlmssp auth_param ntlm children 20 startup=0 idle=1 auth_param basic program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=squid-2.5-basic auth_param basic children 5 auth_param basic realm Domain Proxy Server auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours auth_param basic casesensitive off authenticate_cache_garbage_interval 10 seconds authenticate_ttl 28800 seconds external_acl_type nt_group ttl=5 children=5 %LOGIN /usr/lib/squid3/wbinfo_group.pl acl INTERNET_SQUID external nt_group internet acl snmplux snmp_community kj3v45hv345j23 acl NMS src 10.4.1.234 acl SERVER src 10.2.1.51 acl manager proto cache_object acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/32 acl SSL_ports port 443 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 snmp_port 3401 snmp_access allow snmplux localhost snmp_access allow snmplux NMS http_access allow SERVER http_access allow manager localhost http_access deny manager http_access deny !Safe_ports http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports http_access allow localhost http_access allow INTERNET_SQUID http_access deny all icp_access deny all htcp_access deny all http_port 3128 hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ? access_log /var/log/squid3/access.log squid cache_log /var/log/squid3/cache.log squid refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080 refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440 refresh_pattern -i(/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 icp_port 0 -- Marcel
