I do not think that you should rebuild your kernel. First tweak your squid.conf and see what results you get, i will say lower down the squidGuard threads. helperOpenServers: Starting 25 'squidGuard'
--- Brett Charbeneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings Fellow Squidders, > > I have a Squid box running at my main library > (2.5.STABLE1) and > I'm trying to get things tuned up on it. It's of the > RedHat flavor running > kernel 2.4.20-30.9 with 1 GB of RAM. > NOW: the kernel needs to be recompiled with HIGHMEM > enabled so it can > take full advantage of the RAM (as it only addresses > 896 MB, now) and my plan is > to do that tomorrow as well as stick an additional > 512 MB in it. > I've got some vmstat info below, and as you'll > notice the amount of swap > increases at the beginning of the day and tends to > hover around 102700 (yes, six > digits there) - which I understand to be a Bad > Thing. > Will a recompile of the kernel with HIGHMEM make a > difference here or do > I need to start tweaking cache settings in > squid.conf? > Or am I already I/O bound? > MANY thanks in advance for any help anyone can find > the time to offer. > > > > > [root]# vmstat 5 > procs memory swap > io system cpu > r b w swpd free buff cache si so bi > bo in cs us sy id > 0 0 1 10380 7364 90524 289184 0 1 20 > 24 145 33 1 1 98 > 0 0 0 10476 7244 90484 289288 0 19 9 > 78 285 114 2 4 94 > 0 0 0 10476 7128 90520 289268 4 0 42 > 22 530 269 5 11 83 > 0 1 0 10588 7264 90620 288872 4 24 52 > 121 461 221 3 8 90 > 0 0 0 10620 7272 90808 288668 6 6 94 > 62 341 169 3 4 92 > > > [root]# cat /proc/meminfo > total: used: free: shared: buffers: > cached: > Mem: 924434432 894775296 29659136 0 92082176 > 331661312 > Swap: 205623296 103870464 101752832 > MemTotal: 902768 kB > MemFree: 28964 kB > MemShared: 0 kB > Buffers: 89924 kB > Cached: 230668 kB > SwapCached: 93220 kB > Active: 663912 kB > ActiveAnon: 460992 kB > ActiveCache: 202920 kB > Inact_dirty: 53640 kB > Inact_laundry: 98576 kB > Inact_clean: 20504 kB > Inact_target: 167324 kB > HighTotal: 0 kB > HighFree: 0 kB > LowTotal: 902768 kB > LowFree: 28964 kB > SwapTotal: 200804 kB > SwapFree: 99368 kB > > > From cache.log at Squid startup: > > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Starting Squid Cache version > 2.5.STABLE1 for > i386-redhat-linux-gnu... > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Process ID 1013 > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| With 1024 file descriptors > available > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| DNS Socket created at 0.0.0.0, > port 32768, FD 5 > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Adding nameserver > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx from /etc/resolv.conf > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Adding nameserver > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx from /etc/resolv.conf > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Adding nameserver > xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx from /etc/resolv.conf > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| helperOpenServers: Starting 25 > 'squidGuard' processes > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 35 > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Swap maxSize 61440000 KB, > estimated 4726153 objects > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Target number of buckets: > 236307 > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Using 262144 Store buckets > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Max Mem size: 65536 KB > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Max Swap size: 61440000 KB > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Rebuilding storage in > /var/spool/squid (CLEAN) > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Using Least Load store dir > selection > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Set Current Directory to > /var/spool/squid > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| helperOpenServers: Starting 25 > 'squidGuard' processes > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Unlinkd pipe opened on FD 35 > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Swap maxSize 61440000 KB, > estimated 4726153 objects > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Target number of buckets: > 236307 > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Using 262144 Store buckets > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Max Mem size: 65536 KB > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Max Swap size: 61440000 KB > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Rebuilding storage in > /var/spool/squid (CLEAN) > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Using Least Load store dir > selection > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Set Current Directory to > /var/spool/squid > 2004/08/31 05:01:28| Loaded Icons. > 2004/08/31 05:01:29| Accepting HTTP connections at > 0.0.0.0, port 3128, FD 37. > 2004/08/31 05:01:29| Accepting ICP messages at > 0.0.0.0, port 3130, FD 38. > 2004/08/31 05:01:29| WCCP Disabled. > 2004/08/31 05:01:29| Ready to serve requests. > > -- > > Brett Charbeneau, Network Administrator Tel: > 757-259-7750 > Williamsburg Regional Library FAX: > 757-259-7798 > 7770 Croaker Road > brett _at_ wrl.org > Williamsburg, VA 23188-7064 > http://www.wrl.org > > > > ===== Regards, Mohsin Khan CCNA ( Cisco Certified Network Associate 2.0 ) http://forum.aaghaz.net >>>Happy is the one who can smile<<< __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
