Re: [squid-users] Squid crash root cause

Quoting Mitesh P Choksi <mitesh@icafe.co.tz>:

> Dear All,
>
> > I have had a very unusual situation when my Squid crashes almost every
> > 7 days. However, it is not depending on day of the week, time of the
> > day, etc. I have changed hardware, moved from RH7.3 to WBEL, but
> > nothing works.
> >
> > I have not manage to pinpoint the problem. I need assistance to
> > identify the root cause of this situation.
> >
> > I have 5 disk system at edge of the network doing NAT + Squid on WBEL.
> > I have a satellite delay to the Internet fibre backbone.
> >
> > I tried vmstat output to be appended to identify the cpu/io
> > utilization also SysRq but nothing helps. The console goes blank and
> > does not allow anymore activity. I use ping timeouts to alert and
> > hardboot the system.
> >
> > I need guidance in order to find out why does squid crashes so
> > regularly as I can almost identify what next couple of days it is
> > about to crash.
> >
> > Any pointers will be appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mitesh
> >
> >
>
> > Dear All,
> >
> > I have had a very unusual situation when my Squid crashes almost every
> > 7 days. However, it is not depending on day of the week, time of the
> > day, etc. I have changed hardware, moved from RH7.3 to WBEL, but
> > nothing works.
> >
> > I have not manage to pinpoint the problem. I need assistance to
> > identify the root cause of this situation.
> >
> > I have 5 disk system at edge of the network doing NAT + Squid on WBEL.
> > I have a satellite delay to the Internet fibre backbone.
> >
> > I tried vmstat output to be appended to identify the cpu/io
> > utilization also SysRq but nothing helps. The console goes blank and
> > does not allow anymore activity. I use ping timeouts to alert and
> > hardboot the system.
> >
> > I need guidance in order to find out why does squid crashes so
> > regularly as I can almost identify what next couple of days it is
> > about to crash.
> >
> > Any pointers will be appreciated.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Mitesh
> >
> >
>
How big is your access.log file? There is a limit on squid and if it reaches
that limit it crashes. You should probably rotate the squid log files.

--
Dwayne Hottinger
Network Administrator
Harrisonburg City Public Schools