[squid-users] CPU gradually increasing

Hi everyone,

Out squid proxy is running on a 3.6GHz Intel with HT enabled. There is
2GB of RAM and 36GB diskspace, and I allocated 20GB diskspace to the
cache. We have around 750 users utilising the cache at the moment and
it's running on a Suse10 box and uses Websense as a redirector.

Initially the average cpu usage 5 min and 60 min was around 6-8% but
recently I see that it has increased to around 60-70%. The first couple
of figures were taken while the cache was below 500MB, and the cache now
sits at about 6GB. Does this mean that a larger cache file also means an
increase in the CPU usage and will I need to reduce my cache file to
around 9GB to reach a point where the processor is 95% utilised?

The timespan involved in the two measurements is only about two weeks
and I cannot think of any other changes to the usage that could have had
an impact on how the box is used in that time period.

Thanks

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Received on Sun Mar 19 2006 - 21:54:37 MST