Re: [squid-users] Gradual Slowness.

vmstat is usually a good tool telling if you need more memory (if you
are swapping then more memory is required).

Adding memory is usually sufficient if lack of memory is the problem.
You should not need to recompile the kernel.

--
Henrik Nordstrom
Squid Hacker
Brad Allyn wrote:
> 
> Whats a good way to check for this and can I just add memory to the server?  Or do I have to rebuild the kernel or what?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Brad
> 
> >>> Henrik Nordstrom <hno@hem.passagen.se> 06/05/01 07:18PM >>>
> Servere degradion in response time for Squid is almost always lack of
> memory in the Squid server.
> 
> --
> Henrik Nordstrom
> Squid Hacker
> 
> Brad Allyn wrote:
> >
> > Is there a cook book for slowness problems.  My sight has experienced a gradual slow down.  what takes seconds to load when I bypass the the cache in question take minutes when I go through the proxy server in question.
> >
> > The gradual slow down has occurred over a couple of months.  Any recommendations?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Brad Allyn
> > DAEC Systems Admin.
> > 319 851 7844
> > bradallyn@alliant-energy.com