> The 2.4.x kernels suck under heavy disk IO. I recommend a patched RH > 6.2, or even better, FreeBSD stable. > If you want to live on the edge, then try 2.5.x (this is probably a good > opportunity to try this out for testing). > You could kick up the memory allocated to squid, and give a hugenumber > of file descriptors. > Your CPU should *not* be loaded at all (the limiting factor should be > disk io). > vmstat -1 and top will help a lot in figuring out I have bare minimum services (disabled DNS too), the bulk of cpu is used by squid. The memory allocated to squid is also huge (512 MB), and uses goes up to 650 MB. BTW How much cpu should be loaded under normal operation. Will the kernel 2.2 series help in any way?
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