Thanks Chuck. Unfortunately, this little 1U server does not have room for more than 1 hard drive. :-(
Do you have any specific "config options" in mind about how to best use the memory? Thank You, Ed On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Chuck Kollars <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ... It's my understanding that Squid doesn't really need a fast >> processor, ... > > Yep, Squid is very seldom CPU-bound. > >> ... 16G of memory ... > > Good, the more RAM the better. There are some config options to make best use > of this memory; the key is to "cache" stuff in memory rather than in RAM up > to the amount of real memory you have. (If you don't get the config options > right you can wind up "wasting" most of the RAM; Squid won't figure it out > automagically.) > >> ...Here's the partition setup ... I welcome ALL of your suggestions ... > > While Squid is not CPU-bound, it IS IO BOUND!. There's no right way to > partition the disk; forget it. Instead ADD A SECOND DISK (perhaps small, but > _fast_). If possible use the "other"/"new" IO channel for the disk, mount the > single partition on the second disk with 'noatime', and locate only the Squid > cache (nothing else) on it. > > thanks! -Chuck Kollars > > > > >
