Re: [squid-users] squid service keeps restarting

On Wed, 8 Dec 2010 15:41:49 +0200, Ananth wrote:
> Dear Squid users,
>
> I am running Squid Cache: Version 3.1.8 on Fedora core 12, 8 GB RAM,
> Intel xeon quad core 2.4 GHz processor.
>
> my HTTP requests:
> client_http.requests = 245.456913/sec
> client_http.hits = 75.313005/sec
>
>
> File descriptor usage for squid:
> Maximum number of file descriptors: 32768
> Largest file desc currently in use: 8097
> Number of file desc currently in use: 7108
> Files queued for open: 46
> Available number of file descriptors: 25614
> Reserved number of file descriptors: 100
> Store Disk files open: 126
>
> cache_mem 3 GB
>
> the problem i m facing is the squid service keep restarting ever 3
> hours. can any suggest me why its happening.

Check cache.log. Squid dumps out a failure reason when the worker dies.

Look for "FATAL" and a few lines beforehand just before the "Starting
Squid" lines.

If all you can find is "Squid exiting normally" then it is caused by
someone or something sending Squid a shutdown/restart message.

Amos
Received on Wed Dec 08 2010 - 21:47:26 MST