> exponential decline as cleanup progresses. Are they
> noticeably decreasing
> already?
They indeed have decreased. I think they're gone.
>
>
> Things to consider that will impact this are: since you
> last re-started
> Squid has there been an OS kernel update? a squid binary
> change? a libc
> update? an ntp binary update (timestamp sizes)? a
> filesystem change? crypto
> library update (MD5)?
> Any one of those could stay hidden on the system until a
> restart of the
> box or Squid brings up the new software linkages.
>
No, there hasnt been any changes. As I mentioned, I had a power outage which
probably caused all that.
For now everything looks like is back to normal.
Thanks.