Re: [squid-users] Squid + The Linux kernel - 2.2 or 2.4

ok, thanx guys for all that good information.. i sure
will take that into consideration as i continue my
quest for even greater performance from my caching
system....

AKNIT

 --- Joe Cooper <joe@swelltech.com> wrote: > Henrik
Nordstrom wrote:
>
> > On Monday 18 November 2002 06.04, Mark Tinka
> wrote:
> >
> > >Henrik, thanks for that info...
> > >
> > >however, related to Squid, would u say the 2.2
> kernel
> > >performs better than the 2.4 kernel..?...
> >
> >
> > I don't have data to say either way. Joe Cooper is
> more qualified to
> > answer this question I think.
> >
> > For me it is not a choice. I cannot use Linux-2.2
> as it lacks features
> > I need.
>
>
> I'm pretty much in the same situation. Switching to
> kernel 2.4 happened
> for me over a year ago (probably closer to two). At
> the time of the
> switch (around 2.4.8, I think), 2.2 was slightly
> faster for Squid
> workloads on small hardware. I don't know how it
> compares to the
> current kernel on small or large hardware.
>
> It just wasn't worth giving up the extra benefits of
> 2.4 to gain an
> extra 5% or even 10% (though I think it was closer
> to 5%). New hardware
> support always comes into 2.4 first, which is
> important to me, since we
> have to keep on the front end of hardware
> performance to stay
> competitive. Large hardware support is better in
> 2.4--memory over
> ~900MB, dual processors, software RAID, etc. Also
> ReiserFS, the new
> bridging/firewall code, and other good stuff is
> included standard, which
> makes my kernel RPM building job so much easier.
> --
> Joe Cooper <joe@swelltech.com>
> Web caching appliances and support.
> http://www.swelltech.com
>

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Received on Thu Nov 21 2002 - 09:18:47 MST