Re: [squid-users] Squid Optimization

On 06/11/2013 11:19 PM, Matthew Ceroni wrote:
> Thanks.
>
> But is there a config setting (prior to the workers option) that
> controlled how many concurrent connections squid could handle? Using
> the Apache example again where you configure Childs,
> MaxThreadsPerChild, etc. Is there anything like that in squid?

Squid is very different in this aspect.
The number of workers is static and should be less or equal
to the number of CPU cores.

The maximum number of open files sometimes limits Squid, so make
sure that the OS limit is high enough and the Squid setting is high enough.

Marcus

> On Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Marcus Kool
> <marcus.kool_at_urlfilterdb.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 06/11/2013 06:43 PM, Matthew Ceroni wrote:
>>>
>>> We are running squid as our primary proxy here at my office.
>>>
>>> What I am noticing is that connectivity is fine but every now and then
>>> the browser sits with "Sending request". If I hope on the proxy and
>>> view the access log I don't see it logging my request. After a few
>>> seconds, sometimes as many as 10 - 15, the request comes through.
>>>
>>> My thought process is that the request is getting queued. I did a
>>> little research about maximum concurrent connections but all I came
>>> across was how to limit a specific user to max concurrent connections.
>>
>>
>> There is too little information to make a conclusion but
>> one should note that the HTTP command is only logged _after_ it has
>> finished.
>> So if you upload something large or if the webserver needs 15 seconds
>> to process the request before it replies with a "thank you"
>> it is normal to see the HTTP command only after 10-15 seconds in the log
>> file.
>>
>> In case you still have doubts, you need to raise debug levels
>> to find out what Squid is doing with the HTTP request.
>>
>> Marcus
>
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Received on Wed Jun 12 2013 - 11:50:04 MDT