Re: [squid-users] Load average problem

Maxime Gaudreault wrote:
> Hi list,
>
> I have a squid+squidguard server.
>
> When I make some changes on my "custom" blacklist I run these commands:
>
> /usr/bin/squidGuard -c /etc/squid3/squidGuard.conf.local -C all
> /bin/chown -R proxy:proxy /var/lib/squidguard/db
> /usr/sbin/squid3 -k reconfigure
>
> To apply the changes. My problem is that load average gets very high
> during a long time. The faulty command is the last one: /usr/sbin/squid3
> -k reconfigure
>
> Here is the timeline:
>
> I run "/usr/sbin/squid3 -k reconfigure"
> After 50secs load average is 5
> After 1m23 load average is 9.5
> After 2m00 load average is 12
> After 2m55 load average is 14
> After 3m40 14.90 (peak)
> It starts to get down 4m30sec later
> After 4m55 load average is 12.2
> After 5m35 load average is 10.45
> After 5m45 load average is 8.85
> After 6m00 load average is 6.89
> After 6m30 load average is 4.17
> After 7m00 load average is 2.53
> After 7m30 load average is 1.53
> After 8m00 load average is 0.93
>
> It takes 8 minutes before the load average gets back to 0. During this
> time, CPU is not always 100%. Most of the time it's 0-10% with some
> peak.
>
> I can't browse during these 8 minutes.
>
> Can someone help me ?

What squid version?
Under what normal connection load?
with what configuration?

Amos

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