Re: [squid-users] help... anyone :-)

> Dedy Kurniawan wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> 1st of all, i'm sorry before, for posting my current squid condition,
>> from how i install to current squid config. Currently i'm having a
>> problem with my squid, related to cache. I hope all of my friend here
>> could help me. And i hope this thread useful to anyone having trouble
>> like mine :-)
>>
>> ok here we go guys, this is my config:
>>
>>
>>
> SNIP
>> tcp_outgoing_address 10.5.9.106 typeofclient1
>> tcp_outgoing_address 10.5.9.107 typeofclient2
>>
>
> What does the acl typeofclient1 look like?
>
>> ----end config snippet--------------------------------------
>>
> SNIP
>
> Lots of good info, but what OS? What kernel?
>
>> root_at_proxy malloc# vi Makefile
>> uncomment -> #CPPFLAGS = -DUSG
>> root_at_proxy malloc# make
>> root_at_proxy malloc# cp libmalloc.a /usr/lib/libgnumalloc.a
>> root_at_proxy malloc# cp malloc.h /usr/include/gnumalloc.h
>>
>
> Why do you do this?
>
>> root_at_proxy malloc# vi /etc/security/limits.conf
>> * Soft nofile 8192
>> * Hard nofile 8192
>>
>> root_at_proxy malloc# vi /etc/sysctl.conf
>> net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 32768
>>
>> root_at_proxy malloc# cd ../squid_2.5.STABLE14
>>
>>
>> ------the question -------------
>>
>> my question is :
>>
>> 1. i wanna cache big files, example from antivirus update, but when i
>> check the log, file like u7avi1363a.bin (6MB size) is always missing
>> i even desperately try --------> no_cache allow all
>>
>
> This might be effected by the headers returned with the object. Using
> "no_cache allow all" is not recommended with the default
> refresh_pattern, due to the likelihood of caching dynamically generated
> content.
>
>> 2. i don't know, maybe only my feeling, but why is when the memory is
>> runout, i get slow responses from squid. I check it like this
>>
>> free -m
>> root_at_proxy:~# free -m
>> total used free shared buffers
>> cached
>> Mem: 2978 2891 87 0 91
>> 2565
>> -/+ buffers/cache: 234 2744
>> Swap: 368 0 368
>>
>> i read hendrik's reply in older thread before, he said that look at
>> buffers/cache not the Mem , but why the responses is different after i
>> reboot my squid, which will give me free in Mem:
>> with this kind of behavior, my squid uptime is always less than 12 hours
>> :((
>>
>
> Perhaps it's related to the malloc libraries you are using... The only
> information I could find about libgnumalloc indicates that it's pretty
> outdated, which indicates that the underlying OS is... Aging.
>
>> 3. currently i'm running about 15 tcp_outgoing_address so every client
>> come out from squid with their ip alias address, so that i can limit
>> their bandwidth. is it okay to run so many ip alias in linux, and
>> running many tcp_outgoing_address in squid?
>>
>
> I don't know of any reason not to. But for limiting bandwidth,
> delay_pools might be a better choice.

Yes delay_pools, or a latest Squid with QoS support.

>
>> 4. any suggestion for my config? i mean to speed up responses when
>> opening a web and to deliver it to clients
>>
>
> Update your Squid version, and perhaps your OS.

+1 on that.

Amos
Received on Fri Aug 29 2008 - 01:16:23 MDT