> > In my case all of the data being sent out was small enough and > repetitive enough to be in the Linux filesystem cache. That's where I > found the best throughput. I think the typical size of the data items > were about 8-30MBytes. It was a regular Linux ext3 filesystem. The > machine happens to have been a dual dual-core 64-bit 2Ghz Opteron, > although I saw some Intel machines with similar performance per CPU but > on those I had only one gigabit network interface and one squid. >
I see, You've got really big files to serve, so it's easier to get those numbers in throughput. I wonder if it's possible get such a number with smaller files 1kB - 50kB for example. cheers -- Marcin Mazurek
