[cobalt-users] RE: [cobalt-developers] Qube3 Slow Down

["Mike Jenkins" <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> We use a Qube3 for Firewall and Email server for about 45 
> users. In the
> last 48 hours, the Qube3 is now nearly halted with any request. CPU
> usage is now constantly in the red (98% usage) and various 
> services seem
> to stop and start without rhyme or reason. 
> 
> No email is being relayed (as I can tell from the UI) and the firewall
> is just fine. Logging into the UI is painfully slow and email 
> across the
> office is taking hours to deliver. No new installations or 
> services. In
> fact, the Qube had been running perfectly for over a month now.
> 

Are you using the squid web cache, and is the qube patched up to date?
There was a bug on the original version of squid that used up all the
processing power, when the cache filled the space allocated to it. Sun have
released a patch via bluelinq.

Regards

Mike