Re: [squid-users] Squid only forks one child

On Wed, 2001-09-12 at 21:49, Jan 'Hirogen2' Engelhardt wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> on system startup, Squid only loads one children, how can I change that?
> >>
> >> `ps aufwwx` shows
> >> USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
> >> root 7641 0.0 0.0 3688 4 ? S Sep03 0:00 /usr/sbin/squid -sYD
> >> squid 7642 0.0 8.4 38792 32508 ? S Sep03 5:12 \_ (squid) -sYD
> >> squid 7643 0.0 0.0 1256 100 ? S Sep03 0:00 \_ (unlinkd)
> >>
> >> and that's it.
> >
> >Thats how its meant to be.
>
> But it s slow like snail. I think, when there is only only squidclient to
> handle this, only one request can be made at a time - and that is horrible
> when we got around 30 pcs.

There may be other reasons for speed, including bandwidth,
configuration, server hardware. Try reading the FAQ, which describes why
squid is coded the way it is, as well as how to set and troubleshoot
squid. You might also try Joe Coopers optimisation documents.

Rob
Received on Wed Sep 12 2001 - 05:55:19 MDT