Hello, We are having a problem with a ColdFusion generated report http page timing out. The server is offsite and internal users connect to it via Squid which throttles bandwidth with a delay pool. The ColdFusion generated pages do take a while to generate (usually 5 minutes) but when I unproxy my PC, the page comes up ok (after 5 or so minutes of generating the report). The reported page "size" (per the IE download manager which pops up to move the file from it's temp location to the correct location) states the file is 1.2MB but the actual size when downloaded seems to be around 25K. However the file is a spreadsheet - that is it automagically calls Excel and opens into a spreadsheet.
This worked on the Squid proxy prior to our implementing delay_pools. However now that we have enabled delay pools, it breaks. Making the delay pool bucket larger or the bandwidth given larger isn't our ideal option so I was hoping some of you have a better idea. Also the application is only http, no other protocol. Here is the error as returned by the access log: Fri Jun 13 12:20:15 2003 300028 192.168.5.4 TCP_MISS/504 1396 POST http://external.web.server/A_44000.cfm/QueryFacility.xlc? - Here is what appears on the browser: DIRECT/209.157.104.251 text/html While trying to retrieve the URL: [no URL] The following error was encountered: Read Timeout The system returned: [No Error] The delay_pool parameter for the daytime use is: dealy_parameters 4 206000/206000 16000/51200. In a test I I doubled it to 32000/91200 and it still failed. read_timeout is 15minutes (enough time for the ColdFusion job to finsih) but still it fails. The error 504 says Gateway Timeout but the proxy goes directly to the internet. Squid is 2.5STABLE2, Server is an Ultra 60 running Solaris 2.8. If the problem is in fact delay pools, is there some other parameter in the squid.conf file that I can tweak or will I have to create an exclusive rule giving this one site/project a larger slice of bandwidth? I already tried that (doubling it) and still it fails. I checked the conf file but wasn't sure what the source of the problem is (what Gateway is Timing out, do I need to bump up one of the 4 or 5 tunable timeouts in the conf file, or....). Anyhow if you have any ideas, I would be most greatful. thanks, Adam
