[squid-users] Re: squid+cache+question!!!!

Hi Dear,

Am using linux 8.0 with kernel 2.4.19

* You need several cache drives and use aufs/diskd (which to use
depends on your OS). Squid puts a quite high load on harddrive seek
times---------->>which is better aufs/diskd for redhat linux.

* You need to tune your system for many filedescriptors. 200-300
hits/s you will certainly run into the default limit of 1024
filedescriptors/process after a while. Depending on your OS type you
also may need to tune the max number of sockets open, network I/O
buffers etc.---------->>how many sockets to open.

and whihc will be the best cahce_replacement policy or should i use the
default LRU---->>kindly recoment.
what should be the cache_mem size --->>i have 512Mb RAM.

i would be highly greatfull if you could help me out with these questions.

   Regards

   Sukhjit Singh
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Henrik Nordstrom" <hno@squid-cache.org>
To: "Sukhjit Singh" <sukhjits@emmtel.com>
Cc: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: squid+cache+question!!!!

> On Saturday 31 May 2003 08.31, Sukhjit Singh wrote:
> > Dear all the squid gurus,
> >
> > kindly solve my problem.
> >
> > I am using squid2.5 stable+wccp v2
> > i have 512Mbps of RAM and PIII- 1Ghz processor and 33GB SCSI
> > i am getting 200-300 hits/s
>
> For 200-300 hits/s (ca 20-30Mbps of HTTP traffic) you need to quite a
> bit of tuning, and design your system correctly. This is about as
> fast as it is practically possible to build a single Squid proxy
> server today with correct tuning.
>
> Sidenote: reverse proxies may have a higher workload and perform fine,
> depending on the workload size.
>
> * You need several cache drives and use aufs/diskd (which to use
> depends on your OS). Squid puts a quite high load on harddrive seek
> times.
>
> * You need to tune your system for many filedescriptors. 200-300
> hits/s you will certainly run into the default limit of 1024
> filedescriptors/process after a while. Depending on your OS type you
> also may need to tune the max number of sockets open, network I/O
> buffers etc.
>
> * You need to reconfigure the system to have many unbound TCP/IP ports
> available for applications to use. At these rates you need to have a
> range of unbound TCP/IP ports of at least 30000 ports, preferably the
> double (max possible).
>
> * Also make sure to read the Squid FAQ chapter on memory usage.
>
> Regards
> Henrik
>
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Received on Sat May 31 2003 - 03:11:15 MDT