Re: [squid-users] system performance and memory question

On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 06:57, Pat Lendon wrote:

> cache_dir ufs /d1/squid_cache 2048 16 256
> ...

> Furthermore - I'm also seeing slight delays on system (system is
> momentarily slow). System has two AMD Athlon(TM) MP 1800+ processors
> cpu MHz 1533.431. When system seems delayed we run top and cpu's are
> not even at 50%, memory looks fine. The only thing we've noticed is
> load average increases from 0.85% to 5%. I've always kept default of
> cache_dir ufs, do I need to configure aufs or other? I'm not even sure
> if squid is cause of random system slow/delay moments.

ufs is the lowest performing cache dir - it will show the symptoms of
slowness you have described. aufs (if you upgrade to 2.5 stable 2) or
diskd will be better.

As for the memory - no idea. I don't recall any memory leaks in
2.5stable1. I'd upgrade to 2.5 stable 2 as a top priority though.

Rob

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