tl;dr: is there any functional difference between the two? Using runit to handle my squid processes. I have Observium graphing system information. My data/traffic is consistent In my run file I changed from squid -N to squid --foreground #!/bin/sh -e exec \ chpst -o 131070 \ chpst -e ./env \ /usr/sbin/squid --foreground -s # /usr/sbin/squid -N -s I made the change at 10:30 and the cpu usage increased. cpu graph: https://imgur.com/a/PWrpDcM memory graph: https://imgur.com/a/uUhwHA6 bandwidth graph: https://imgur.com/a/dzHDiKO (bandwidth has trend applied) I can not tell from the graph if 'performance' increased or 'latency' decreased.. but cpu usage certainly did increase. I have no workers defined. stock squid.conf plus this: <code> cache deny all shutdown_lifetime 1 seconds dns_nameservers 10.20.8.29 cache_mem 1024 MB cache_mgr Support_@_PCSD_0_120 dns_defnames off dns_v4_first on max_filedescriptors 65536 ipcache_size 4096 read_ahead_gap 512 KB quick_abort_min 1024 KB pid_filename /run/squid/squid.pid forwarded_for off eui_lookup off hosts_file none url_rewrite_extras "%>a %un %>rm myip=%la myport=%lp" store_id_extras "%>a %un %>rm myip=%la myport=%lp" log_uses_indirect_client off </code> Archlinux squid 4.8, 4.19.72-1-lts kernel Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this.. -- Network Analyst Poughkeepsie City School District SMS & Mobile: (202) 810-5827 twitter.com/bcookatpcsd If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. -- This message may contain confidential information and is intended only for the individual(s) named. If you are not an intended recipient you are not authorized to disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users