RE: [squid-users] RE: Disk Configuration

Adam Aube said: -

> The only caution about RAID I have seen is that RAID-5 will kill disk
performance with Squid (due to its usage profile)

How? Why? Please explain. Just because the FAQ says so doesn't make it true,
or explain why.

Kind regards,

William Stucke
ZAnet Internet Services (Pty) Ltd
+27 11 465 0700
William@zanet.co.za

-----Original Message-----
From: news [mailto:news@sea.gmane.org]On Behalf Of Adam Aube
Sent: 29 November 2004 23:28
To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
Subject: [squid-users] RE: Disk Configuration

Chris Robertson wrote:

> Everything I've read says that you should not use any RAID for your cache
> directories. Make a bunch of cache dirs (each on its own disk), and let
> Squid sort it out.

The only caution about RAID I have seen is that RAID-5 will kill disk
performance with Squid (due to its usage profile). I don't know if RAID-1
and RAID-10 are similarly affected.

For best disk performance you should use several smaller disks and have
Squid setup a cache dir on each one (no RAID).

Adam
Received on Mon Nov 29 2004 - 15:23:24 MST