Re: [SQU] on multiprocessor machines

On Tue, 5 Dec 2000, Rainer Ginsberg wrote:

> 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).

Is there a problem? The current implementation offers the best possible
performance when there are fewer than 4 processors.

> 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?

With the cost of 1U/2U server systems under $2000, just plop another system
in the rack. Repeat until you feel comfortable with the performance.

Merton

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