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    Machine, performance and PFS with squid

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    • J Offline
      josey
      last edited by

      Hi, i have AMD 3100mhz with  2gb ram, and PFS works perfect and it is great! im using it for more than two years now and it is really great! thanks guys! great job!
      before i have using it on celeron 1700mhz and it was working perfect.
      Now, gave it to my friend and i have install pfs 1.2.2 with squid on celeron 1700mhz with 2x256mb ram and 40gb hdd, and machine is dieing…
      cpu usage is on 60-80% all the time and memory usage is more than 50%

      do you know what is minimum hardware requirement for pfs 1.2.2. with squid? Because without squid it works fine...

      I tried to install 1.2.3. rc1 version, and after installation on boot got error message that pfs probes cant use that HDD.

      experiences, ideas, suggestions...

      thanks

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        Bern
        last edited by

        I doubt there's one single reason, it's probably a combination of reasons.

        The number and concurrency of machines using the proxy can make a difference - it's not a purely linear response.
        The squid options can make a difference - RAM cache size, disk cache size etc.
        Other services running on pfSense can make a difference - ntop is a particular large burden
        The ethernet cards can make a difference on CPU load.
        The sites being visited can make a difference - ajax-based sites, polling for new mail etc.
        Background services checking for/downloading updates - windows updates can come down in lots of small chunks rather than one big cacheable file (etc.)
        Even the options within Pidgin can make a difference - MSN "http" mode is brutal.

        512MB of RAM is plenty for a SOHO pfSense with just a modest but very effective squid configuration.

        You'd have to analyse the logs to see what it's actually doing. Change one thing at a time and see if it makes a positive difference.

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        • J Offline
          josey
          last edited by

          yes, i did done all of that…

          clean installation of pfs 1.2.2. works perfect!
          after i install squid and squid guard, upload black list and reboot machine is like p1 133mhz and 16mb ram :(

          so i think it have to be squid, or im wrong ?

          thanks

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          • J Offline
            josey
            last edited by

            ok, after million of combinations , finally, installed.
            how?

            well, install PFS, reboot
            instal squid, configure, reboot
            instal squid guard, configure, reboot
            upload blacklist, configure, reboot
            enable squidguard, and, machine was cooking something for 2-3 mins, and after that working perfect…

            i dont know why i have to do this procedure, because usually i can install pfs, install all packages that i want, and fire and forget, this was really pain in the ass...

            so if i help anyone i will be happy for that...

            keep up with good work guys

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