Hello all!
I had used Squid a few years ago and recently reinstalled it on a ubuntu based EC2 server. Attached is my config file. When I start squid is jumps to around 30% cpu and will grow. If I use the proxy it just to between 70 and 90% cpu and 10% ram.

If I kill log_file_daemon the ram usage goes down for a short time and the cpu also drops for a few seconds. When it goes up around 90% cpu usage I can barely use the ssh to turn off squid.

I appreciate all help in advance.


Config -
visible_hostname serv2.unblockedalways.com
acl http proto http
acl port_80 port 80
acl port_443 port 443
acl CONNECT method CONNECT

cache deny all

header_replace Accept */*
header_replace Accept-Encoding *
header_replace Accept-Language en-us
header_replace User-Agent Mozilla/6.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64; rv:16.0.1) Gecko/\
20121011 Firefox/16.0.1

#anonymous
request_header_access Allow allow all
request_header_access Authorization allow all
request_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
request_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
request_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
request_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
request_header_access Content-Length allow all
request_header_access Content-Type allow all
request_header_access Date allow all
request_header_access Expires allow all
request_header_access Host allow all
request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
request_header_access Location allow all
request_header_access Host allow all
request_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
request_header_access Last-Modified allow all
request_header_access Location allow all
request_header_access Pragma allow all
request_header_access Accept allow all
request_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
request_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
request_header_access Content-Language allow all
request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
request_header_access Retry-After allow all
request_header_access Title allow all
request_header_access Connection allow all
request_header_access Accept-Language allow all
request_header_access Content-Language allow all
request_header_access Mime-Version allow all
request_header_access Retry-After allow all
request_header_access Title allow all
request_header_access Connection allow all
request_header_access Proxy-Connection allow all
request_header_access All allow all

via off

reply_header_access Allow allow all
reply_header_access Authorization allow all
reply_header_access WWW-Authenticate allow all
reply_header_access Proxy-Authorization allow all
reply_header_access Proxy-Authenticate allow all
reply_header_access Content-Encoding allow all
reply_header_access Content-Length allow all
reply_header_access Content-Type allow all
reply_header_access Date allow all
reply_header_access Expires allow all
reply_header_access Host allow all
reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
reply_header_access Location allow all
reply_header_access Pragma allow all
reply_header_access Accept allow all
reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
reply_header_access Title allow all
reply_header_access Connection allow all
reply_header_access Date allow all
reply_header_access Expires allow all
reply_header_access Host allow all
reply_header_access If-Modified-Since allow all
reply_header_access Last-Modified allow all
reply_header_access Location allow all
reply_header_access Pragma allow all
reply_header_access Accept allow all
reply_header_access Accept-Charset allow all
reply_header_access Accept-Encoding allow all
reply_header_access Accept-Language allow all
reply_header_access Content-Language allow all
reply_header_access Mime-Version allow all
reply_header_access Retry-After allow all
reply_header_access Title allow all
reply_header_access Connection allow all
reply_header_access All allow all

#Do not show client IP address
forwarded_for delete

http_access allow all
http_port 8080

you probably need to add another cpu then. You never listed what cpu you have, it could be a 400MHz cpu?