RE: [SQU] on multiprocessor machines

> Hi all,
>
> so Squid doesn't scale very well on multiprocessor hardware. It's one
> large process which can basically use only one CPU at a time.
>
> I was thinking about how to remedy this problem: My idea is to give
> the machine as many IP addresses as it has processes. Then start the
> same amount of Squid processes where each of them listens on one of
> the IP addresses. Then you could apply load balancing, either via DNS
> (cheap but not perfect) or with dedicated load-balancing appliances
> (very expensive).
>
> The problem with this approach is that the Squid processes might not
> "agree" on using different CPUs but all processes clogging to one or
> two CPUs and thus reducing performance.
>
> Has anybody else thought about a solution for Squid on multiprocessor
> systems?

Thought - but not implemented:

start as many squid processes as there are processors on different
ports, then use some clustering solution (like Linux Virtual Server)
to transparently redirect ports. All on the same system.

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	/kinkie
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