%cpu in system - squid performance in FreeBSD 5.3

[Sean Chittenden]

> but the % system time can fluctuate up to 60 at times.  My question is
> if this is about the type of performance I could expect, or if people
> have seen better.

I don't know about other people, but I suspect you're running into lock 
contention.  Try using a post 5.3 snapshot (something from RELENG_5) 
since alc@ has set debug.mpsafevm=1, which lets many calls to the VM 
run without GIANT, which I suspect is your problem and why the system 
usage is all over the place.  -sc

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Sean Chittenden