Am Sonntag 16 März 2008 15:54:42 schrieben Sie: > Sascha Ottolski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Now my question is: what kind of hardware would I need? Lots of RAM > > seems to be obvious, what ever "a lot" may be...What about the disk > > subsystem? Should I look into something like RAID-0 with many disk > > to push the IO-performance? > > First things first: instead of a few large disks, you want lots of > small fast ones - 36 GB or 72 GB 10,000 RPM disks - to maximize > bandwidth. > > There are two ways you might condfigure your storage: one is to place > all the disks in a RAID-0 array and use a single file system and > storage file on top of that. The alternative is to have a separate > file system and storage file on each disk. I honestly don't know > which will be the fastest; if you have a chance to run some > benchmarks, I'd love to see your numbers and your conclusion.
Dag, thanks for your hints. Just curious, how would i tell the varnish-process that I have several filesystem to put the cache on? I had the feeling that you give exactly one directory as option. Cheers, Sascha > > Note that even if a single RAID-0 array turns out to be the fastest > option, you may have to compromise and split your disks into two > arrays, unless you find a RAID controller that can handle the number > of disks you need. > > DES _______________________________________________ varnish-misc mailing list [email protected] http://projects.linpro.no/mailman/listinfo/varnish-misc
