varnish *slowing* down site, any ideas?

Zachary Alex Stern zacharyalexstern at gmail.com
Wed Mar 28 22:24:47 CEST 2012


I believe I may have nailed it down to hanging on this request:

  13 RxHeader     c Connection: close
   13 RxHeader     c X-Forwarded-For: 10.176.37.167
   13 VCL_call     c recv lookup
   13 VCL_call     c hash
   13 Hash         c
/network/4f161967582b94141a000001/get_file/4f61503f572b946e30000049/src
   13 Hash         c influencer.enternewmedia.com
   13 VCL_return   c hash
   13 Hit          c 1967773888
   13 VCL_call     c hit deliver
   13 VCL_call     c deliver deliver
   13 TxProtocol   c HTTP/1.1
   13 TxStatus     c 200
   13 TxResponse   c OK
   13 TxHeader     c Server: Apache/2.2.14 (Ubuntu)
   13 TxHeader     c X-Powered-By: PHP/5.3.2-1ubuntu4.14
   13 TxHeader     c Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT
   13 TxHeader     c Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate,
post-check=0, pre-check=0
   13 TxHeader     c Pragma: no-cache
   13 TxHeader     c Vary: Accept-Encoding
   13 TxHeader     c Content-Type: text/plain
   13 TxHeader     c Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:23:12 GMT
   13 TxHeader     c X-Varnish: 1967774712 1967773888
   13 TxHeader     c Age: 697
   13 TxHeader     c Via: 1.1 varnish
   13 TxHeader     c Connection: close
   13 Gzip         c U D - 1443 6338 80 80 11480
   13 Length       c 0
   13 ReqEnd       c 1967774712 1332966192.134290457 1332966192.134568691
0.000132561 0.000075102 0.000203133
   13 SessionClose c EOF mode
   13 StatSess     c 10.176.37.133 12414 0 1 1 0 0 0 392 0
    0 ExpKill      - 1967774563 -11
    0 CLI          - Rd ping
*
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Any thoughts on next steps?



On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Zachary Alex Stern <
zacharyalexstern at gmail.com> wrote:

> *Output of varnishadm param.show:*
>
> acceptor_sleep_decay       0.900000 []
> acceptor_sleep_incr        0.001000 [s]
> acceptor_sleep_max         0.050000 [s]
> auto_restart               on [bool]
> ban_dups                   on [bool]
> ban_lurker_sleep           0.010000 [s]
> between_bytes_timeout      60.000000 [s]
> cc_command                 "exec gcc -std=gnu99 -g -O2 -pthread -fpic
> -shared -Wl,-x -o %o %s"
> cli_buffer                 8192 [bytes]
> cli_timeout                10 [seconds]
> clock_skew                 10 [s]
> connect_timeout            0.700000 [s]
> critbit_cooloff            180.000000 [s]
> default_grace              10.000000 [seconds]
> default_keep               0.000000 [seconds]
> default_ttl                120.000000 [seconds]
> diag_bitmap                0x0 [bitmap]
> esi_syntax                 0 [bitmap]
> expiry_sleep               1.000000 [seconds]
> fetch_chunksize            128 [kilobytes]
> fetch_maxchunksize         262144 [kilobytes]
> first_byte_timeout         60.000000 [s]
> group                      nogroup (65534)
> gzip_level                 6 []
> gzip_memlevel              8 []
> gzip_stack_buffer          32768 [Bytes]
> gzip_tmp_space             0 []
> gzip_window                15 []
> http_gzip_support          on [bool]
> http_max_hdr               64 [header lines]
> http_range_support         on [bool]
> http_req_hdr_len           8192 [bytes]
> http_req_size              32768 [bytes]
> http_resp_hdr_len          8192 [bytes]
> http_resp_size             32768 [bytes]
> listen_address             0.0.0.0:80
> listen_depth               1024 [connections]
> log_hashstring             on [bool]
> log_local_address          off [bool]
> lru_interval               2 [seconds]
> max_esi_depth              5 [levels]
> max_restarts               4 [restarts]
> nuke_limit                 50 [allocations]
> ping_interval              3 [seconds]
> pipe_timeout               60 [seconds]
> prefer_ipv6                off [bool]
> queue_max                  100 [%]
> rush_exponent              3 [requests per request]
> saintmode_threshold        10 [objects]
> send_timeout               60 [seconds]
> sess_timeout               5 [seconds]
> sess_workspace             65536 [bytes]
> session_linger             50 [ms]
> session_max                100000 [sessions]
> shm_reclen                 255 [bytes]
> shm_workspace              8192 [bytes]
> shortlived                 10.000000 [s]
> syslog_cli_traffic         on [bool]
> thread_pool_add_delay      2 [milliseconds]
> thread_pool_add_threshold  2 [requests]
> thread_pool_fail_delay     200 [milliseconds]
> thread_pool_max            2048 [threads]
> thread_pool_min            1 [threads]
> thread_pool_purge_delay    1000 [milliseconds]
> thread_pool_stack          unlimited [bytes]
> thread_pool_timeout        10 [seconds]
> thread_pool_workspace      65536 [bytes]
> thread_pools               2 [pools]
> thread_stats_rate          10 [requests]
> user                       nobody (65534)
> vcc_err_unref              on [bool]
> vcl_dir                    /etc/varnish
> vcl_trace                  off [bool]
> vmod_dir                   /usr/lib/varnish/vmods
> waiter                     default (epoll, poll)
> *
> *
> *Output of varnishstat -1:*
>
> client_conn               1164         1.23 Client connections accepted
> client_drop                  0         0.00 Connection dropped, no sess/wrk
> client_req                1164         1.23 Client requests received
> cache_hit                  524         0.56 Cache hits
> cache_hitpass                0         0.00 Cache hits for pass
> cache_miss                  98         0.10 Cache misses
> backend_conn               546         0.58 Backend conn. success
> backend_unhealthy            0         0.00 Backend conn. not attempted
>  backend_busy                 0         0.00 Backend conn. too many
> backend_fail                 0         0.00 Backend conn. failures
> backend_reuse               94         0.10 Backend conn. reuses
> backend_toolate              3         0.00 Backend conn. was closed
> backend_recycle             97         0.10 Backend conn. recycles
> backend_retry                0         0.00 Backend conn. retry
> fetch_head                   0         0.00 Fetch head
> fetch_length               563         0.60 Fetch with Length
> fetch_chunked               14         0.01 Fetch chunked
> fetch_eof                    0         0.00 Fetch EOF
> fetch_bad                    0         0.00 Fetch had bad headers
> fetch_close                 43         0.05 Fetch wanted close
> fetch_oldhttp                0         0.00 Fetch pre HTTP/1.1 closed
> fetch_zero                   0         0.00 Fetch zero len
> fetch_failed                 0         0.00 Fetch failed
> fetch_1xx                    0         0.00 Fetch no body (1xx)
> fetch_204                    0         0.00 Fetch no body (204)
> fetch_304                   19         0.02 Fetch no body (304)
> n_sess_mem                  17          .   N struct sess_mem
> n_sess                       0          .   N struct sess
> n_object                    69          .   N struct object
> n_vampireobject              0          .   N unresurrected objects
> n_objectcore                71          .   N struct objectcore
> n_objecthead                71          .   N struct objecthead
> n_waitinglist               24          .   N struct waitinglist
> n_vbc                        0          .   N struct vbc
> n_wrk                        2          .   N worker threads
> n_wrk_create                24         0.03 N worker threads created
> n_wrk_failed                 0         0.00 N worker threads not created
> n_wrk_max                   33         0.03 N worker threads limited
> n_wrk_lqueue                 0         0.00 work request queue length
> n_wrk_queued               152         0.16 N queued work requests
> n_wrk_drop                   0         0.00 N dropped work requests
> n_backend                    1          .   N backends
>  n_expired                   29          .   N expired objects
> n_lru_nuked                  0          .   N LRU nuked objects
> n_lru_moved                458          .   N LRU moved objects
> losthdr                      0         0.00 HTTP header overflows
> n_objsendfile                0         0.00 Objects sent with sendfile
> n_objwrite                1135         1.20 Objects sent with write
> n_objoverflow                0         0.00 Objects overflowing workspace
> s_sess                    1164         1.23 Total Sessions
> s_req                     1164         1.23 Total Requests
> s_pipe                       0         0.00 Total pipe
> s_pass                     542         0.57 Total pass
> s_fetch                    639         0.68 Total fetch
> s_hdrbytes              437246       463.18 Total header bytes
> s_bodybytes           14474608     15333.27 Total body bytes
> sess_closed               1164         1.23 Session Closed
> sess_pipeline                0         0.00 Session Pipeline
> sess_readahead               0         0.00 Session Read Ahead
> sess_linger                  0         0.00 Session Linger
> sess_herd                    0         0.00 Session herd
> shm_records              85020        90.06 SHM records
> shm_writes                6648         7.04 SHM writes
> shm_flushes                  0         0.00 SHM flushes due to overflow
> shm_cont                     8         0.01 SHM MTX contention
> shm_cycles                   0         0.00 SHM cycles through buffer
> sms_nreq                     1         0.00 SMS allocator requests
> sms_nobj                     0          .   SMS outstanding allocations
> sms_nbytes                   0          .   SMS outstanding bytes
> sms_balloc                 419          .   SMS bytes allocated
> sms_bfree                  419          .   SMS bytes freed
>  backend_req                640         0.68 Backend requests made
> n_vcl                        1         0.00 N vcl total
> n_vcl_avail                  1         0.00 N vcl available
> n_vcl_discard                0         0.00 N vcl discarded
> n_ban                        1          .   N total active bans
> n_ban_add                    1         0.00 N new bans added
> n_ban_retire                 0         0.00 N old bans deleted
> n_ban_obj_test               0         0.00 N objects tested
> n_ban_re_test                0         0.00 N regexps tested against
> n_ban_dups                   0         0.00 N duplicate bans removed
> hcb_nolock                   0         0.00 HCB Lookups without lock
> hcb_lock                     0         0.00 HCB Lookups with lock
> hcb_insert                   0         0.00 HCB Inserts
> esi_errors                   0         0.00 ESI parse errors (unlock)
> esi_warnings                 0         0.00 ESI parse warnings (unlock)
> accept_fail                  0         0.00 Accept failures
> client_drop_late             0         0.00 Connection dropped late
> uptime                     944         1.00 Client uptime
> dir_dns_lookups              0         0.00 DNS director lookups
> dir_dns_failed               0         0.00 DNS director failed lookups
> dir_dns_hit                  0         0.00 DNS director cached lookups hit
> dir_dns_cache_full           0         0.00 DNS director full dnscache
> vmods                        0          .   Loaded VMODs
> n_gzip                       0         0.00 Gzip operations
> n_gunzip                   521         0.55 Gunzip operations
> LCK.sms.creat                1         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.sms.destroy              0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.sms.locks                3         0.00 Lock Operations
> LCK.sms.colls                0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.smp.creat                0         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.smp.destroy              0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.smp.locks                0         0.00 Lock Operations
> LCK.smp.colls                0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.sma.creat                2         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.sma.destroy              0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.sma.locks             2922         3.10 Lock Operations
> LCK.sma.colls                0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.smf.creat                0         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.smf.destroy              0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.smf.locks                0         0.00 Lock Operations
> LCK.smf.colls                0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.hsl.creat                0         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.hsl.destroy              0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.hsl.locks                0         0.00 Lock Operations
> LCK.hsl.colls                0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.hcb.creat                0         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.hcb.destroy              0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.hcb.locks                0         0.00 Lock Operations
> LCK.hcb.colls                0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.hcl.creat            16383        17.35 Created locks
> LCK.hcl.destroy              0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.hcl.locks             1175         1.24 Lock Operations
> LCK.hcl.colls                0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.vcl.creat                1         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.vcl.destroy              0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.vcl.locks               48         0.05 Lock Operations
> LCK.vcl.colls                0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.stat.creat               1         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.stat.destroy             0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.stat.locks              17         0.02 Lock Operations
> LCK.stat.colls               0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.sessmem.creat            1         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.sessmem.destroy            0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.sessmem.locks           1270         1.35 Lock Operations
> LCK.sessmem.colls              0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.wstat.creat                1         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.wstat.destroy              0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.wstat.locks             2858         3.03 Lock Operations
> LCK.wstat.colls                0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.herder.creat               1         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.herder.destroy             0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.herder.locks             148         0.16 Lock Operations
> LCK.herder.colls               0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.wq.creat                   2         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.wq.destroy                 0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.wq.locks                4200         4.45 Lock Operations
> LCK.wq.colls                   0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.objhdr.creat             119         0.13 Created locks
> LCK.objhdr.destroy            48         0.05 Destroyed locks
> LCK.objhdr.locks            1469         1.56 Lock Operations
> LCK.objhdr.colls               0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.exp.creat                  1         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.exp.destroy                0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.exp.locks               1072         1.14 Lock Operations
> LCK.exp.colls                  0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.lru.creat                  2         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.lru.destroy                0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.lru.locks                 98         0.10 Lock Operations
> LCK.lru.colls                  0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.cli.creat                  1         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.cli.destroy                0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.cli.locks                327         0.35 Lock Operations
> LCK.cli.colls                  0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.ban.creat                  1         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.ban.destroy                0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.ban.locks               1073         1.14 Lock Operations
> LCK.ban.colls                  0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.vbp.creat                  1         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.vbp.destroy                0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.vbp.locks                  0         0.00 Lock Operations
> LCK.vbp.colls                  0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.vbe.creat                  1         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.vbe.destroy                0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.vbe.locks               1092         1.16 Lock Operations
> LCK.vbe.colls                  0         0.00 Collisions
> LCK.backend.creat              1         0.00 Created locks
> LCK.backend.destroy            0         0.00 Destroyed locks
> LCK.backend.locks           1895         2.01 Lock Operations
> LCK.backend.colls              0         0.00 Collisions
> SMA.s0.c_req                 172         0.18 Allocator requests
> SMA.s0.c_fail                  0         0.00 Allocator failures
> SMA.s0.c_bytes           8694705      9210.49 Bytes allocated
> SMA.s0.c_freed           6874254      7282.05 Bytes freed
> SMA.s0.g_alloc               137          .   Allocations outstanding
> SMA.s0.g_bytes           1820451          .   Bytes outstanding
> SMA.s0.g_space        1071921373          .   Bytes available
> SMA.Transient.c_req         1089         1.15 Allocator requests
> SMA.Transient.c_fail           0         0.00 Allocator failures
> SMA.Transient.c_bytes     64465868     68290.11 Bytes allocated
> SMA.Transient.c_freed     64465868     68290.11 Bytes freed
> SMA.Transient.g_alloc            0          .   Allocations outstanding
> SMA.Transient.g_bytes            0          .   Bytes outstanding
> SMA.Transient.g_space            0          .   Bytes available
> VBE.default(127.0.0.1,,8081).vcls            1          .   VCL references
> VBE.default(127.0.0.1,,8081).happy           0          .   Happy health
> probes
> *
> *
> Thanks in advance.
>
> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 3:45 AM, Stig Bakken <stig at zedge.net> wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 1:31 AM, Zachary Alex Stern <
>> zacharyalexstern at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey there,
>>>
>>> We have a lot of websites (perhaps 15-20) running on apache, behind a
>>> varnish cache.
>>>
>>> One of our sites seems to experience random slowdowns when varnish is
>>> enabled. It will take between 5-20 seconds to load, fairly frequently. Our
>>> other sites all seem unaffected.
>>>
>>> When I disable varnish and have apache listen on port 80, the problem
>>> disappears entirely.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> Here's our vcl.conf if it helps: http://pastebin.com/XPUvSPeu
>>>
>>
>> For this kind of problem, it is very useful if you post the output of
>> "varnishadm param.show" and "varnishstat -1" as well.
>>
>>  - Stig
>>
>>
>
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