On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, unixware wrote: > > a) How many requests/s? (5 min average) > > 65-90 req/sec
Ok. A bit but fully in range for what your CPU should be capable of. > > b) How many open connections? (number of > > filedescriptors in use) > > 2500-3500 open connections > > Current File descriptor in use 2800 A little high, but only a little. > We Provide and Interent Over Cable and Dialup Services > > at peak hours around 3800 cable modems and 600 dialup > modem are on line . How man Mbit/s is your Squid server proxying? > Pentitum III 1200 MHz Entry Level Server Ok. > RAM 2 GB Ok. > 3 SCSI Disk ( one for OS ) ( other for Cache ) Would probably do good with a third drive for cache. I would also make sure all log files including swap.state is on the OS drive, and no swap partition. > i am not using more 8 GB for cache for each drive Ok. > OS Redhat 9 ( Mode Transparent using WCCP ) Try "downgrading" to a standard Linux-2.4 kernel. > File system Reierfs Ok. > squid compiled with 16384 file descriptor Quite high.. Squid will perform better if your recompile with fewer filedescriptors, I would suggest 4096 or 6192. Note: Due to a glibc issue the number of filedescriptors must be eventy divideable by 32 or odd things may happen.. > using AUFS Ok. > Is switching other OS like FreeBSd helps ?? Maybe, maybe not. Both Linux and FreeBSD usually performs about the same, but your milage may vary depending on network driver quality etc.. Regards Henrik
