<![CDATA[Increased Swap on 23.05 - Squid Proxy install]]>Hardware: SG-6100
Software: pfSense+ 23.05
Latest Change: I have Instealled Squid Proxy tuned for SSL Interception only on the LAN interface (I have multiple).
Ive noticed that theres been an increase in Swap usage although my physical RAM is still undertilized. This has happneed since the Squid install.

Any thouhgts on whats going on?

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]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/180611/increased-swap-on-23-05-squid-proxy-installRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 19:25:22 GMTSun, 04 Jun 2023 21:04:14 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Increased Swap on 23.05 - Squid Proxy install on Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:13:21 GMT]]>Ok, then I would try setting a limit on the arc.max initially.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/1109032https://forum.netgate.com/post/1109032Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:13:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Increased Swap on 23.05 - Squid Proxy install on Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:03:04 GMT]]>@stephenw10 yes. I’ve changed nothing regarding zfs

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/1109029https://forum.netgate.com/post/1109029Tue, 06 Jun 2023 00:03:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Increased Swap on 23.05 - Squid Proxy install on Mon, 05 Jun 2023 22:04:37 GMT]]>You are running ZFS? Are you using the default ZFS tuning values?

https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/hardware/tune-zfs.html#zfs-memory-tuning

Steve

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/1109020https://forum.netgate.com/post/1109020Mon, 05 Jun 2023 22:04:37 GMT