Re: [squid-users] 100% CPU Load problem with squid 3.3.8

From: Eliezer Croitoru <eliezer_at_ngtech.co.il>
Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 15:33:22 +0300

as stated before the mentioned solution was to insert the ulimit into
the init script to make sure the limit is absolute!

there might be a chance for this to solve or help solve and find the issue:
On 09/14/2013 12:05 PM, Mohsen Dehghani wrote:
> Oh , no...it is 1024
> thanks for the help
> Now I added 'ulimit -n 65000' in squid init file and the problem is
> resolved. But some questions:
>
> 1-why is it 1024 While I've set 65535 FD at compile time and squid user
> which is "proxy" has this much limitation in limit.conf file?
> 2-is it ok to increase FD limit in this way?
> 3-Apearantly according to "# cat /proc/sys/fs/file-max" my os FD limit is
> 400577. Can I increase squid FD to it
> 4-What is best FD limit for about 150Mbps bandwidth and 18000 RPM
>
> This could be ugly troubleshooting practice, but you can try to modify your
> init script (or upstart job, not sure how exactly squid is being started in
> ubuntu). The idea is to add 'ulimit -n > /tmp/squid.descriptors' and see if
> the number is really 65k.
>
> On 09/14/2013 09:41 AM, Mohsen Dehghani wrote:
>>> I don't see any logic here. Are you sure your squid is started not by
> root?
>>> Is replacing 'root' by 'squid' or '*' solves issue as well?
>>
>> When I manually start service by root, there is no file descriptor
>> warning and squid works as normal.
>> But when the system boots up and starts the service automatically,
>> squid runs out of FD.
>>
>> I've tested different the following settings without any luck. Every
>> time that the box reboots, I have to login and restart service manually.
>>
>> root soft nofile 65000
>> root hard nofile 65000
>> proxy soft nofile 65000
>> proxy hard nofile 65000
>> squid soft nofile 65000
>> squid hard nofile 65000
>> * soft nofile 65000
>> * hard nofile 65000
>>
>> It seems these settings only works if the user logins to system.
>> My squid user is "proxy"(I configured it at the time of compile).
>>
>> Maybe some useful info:
>> OS:Ubuntu 12.04
>>
>> # ulimit -n
>> 65000
>>
>> # squidclient mgr:info | grep 'file descri'
>> Maximum number of file descriptors: 65536
>> Available number of file descriptors: 65527
>> Reserved number of file descriptors: 100
>>
>>
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Received on Sat Sep 14 2013 - 12:33:34 MDT

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