Re: [squid-users] Load average problem

not really.
Nothing however forbids the external authorizaion processes
(squidguard for example) from implementing their own reconfiguration
logic, for instance by receiving a SIGHUP.
In this case squid would not even know that the hpers have
reconfigured themselves.

  Francesco

On 5/26/09, Maxime Gaudreault <mgaudreault_at_reference.qc.ca> wrote:
> Can I reload the custom blacklist using another command than squid3 -k
> reconfigure ?
>
> Max
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maxime Gaudreault [mailto:mgaudreault_at_reference.qc.ca]
> Sent: May-24-09 2:22 PM
> To: Amos Jeffries
> Cc: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org
> Subject: RE: [squid-users] Load average problem
>
> Squid 3
> Low connection load. Only my laptop
> Dualcore, 4gb, 1tb
>
> __________________
> Max
> Sent from iPhone
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amos Jeffries [mailto:squid3_at_treenet.co.nz]
> Sent: May-22-09 10:20 PM
> To: Maxime Gaudreault
> Cc: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org
> Subject: 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
> --
> Please be using
> Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE6 or 3.0.STABLE15
> Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.7
>

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