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Re: unusually high cpu usage by squid



additional details:

squid installed from debian package, configuration file is altered only
to support transparent proxying.

> Hi!
> 
> 
> I'm running squid as transparent proxy server for dial-up users.
> Everything seems to be ok except CPU load.  With 1.5 Mbit/s (35 requests
> per second) traffic through proxy, squid consumes about 50-60% of cpu
> (40-45% is system time).  And with a load of 3-3.5 Mbit/s processor load
> comes to 90%.
> 
> The server is single-processor Xeon 2.66 Mhz, 1Gb RAM, 36.6 Gb SCSI
> disks on AIC7902 controllers.  OS is Debian Linux 3.0, kernel 2.4.24.
> 
> Users are redirected to proxy by this command:
> 
> iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -s NETWORK -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 \
>         -j REDIRECT --to-ports 3128
> 
> Any advices will be greatly appreciated!!
> 
> 
> Timur.
> 
> 
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