----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 5:46 AM Subject: Re: [plug] (no subject)
> sir: > > would it make sense to create a big /var/squid/cache? or should i > make my /var/squid/logs bigger? im not sure how i could optimize > my proxy server. i alloted 27GB for /var/squid/logs and 4GB > for /var/squid/logs. starting squid version 2.4.x, the ratio is that, for every 1 GB allocated disk cache requires 32 mb of ram... meaning if you allocated 27 gb for your disk cache, you need 27*32 or 864 physical ram for squid *only*... you need more ram for squid's cache_mem (memory caching), disk buffering, network buffers for every tcp connection and other daemons running in it.. squid is a single thread and single process therefore it cant take advantage on smp environment, its main bottleneck is on the disk i/o... squid performs very well if you spread your cache on multiple disks or on a single cache under raid 0 environment... fooler. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
