Re: [squid-users] Opinions on use of "--enable-truncate" option?

On Sat, 2005-03-19 at 15:45, Steve Snyder wrote:
> It seems that recent Red Hat packages of Squid are using the
> "--enable-truncate" config option by default. Aparently someone there
> thinks there is a gain to be made by truncating rather than unlinking the
> cached objects.
>
> I wonder if this is applicable to my Squid (v2.5S9) installation. I'm
> running a Red Hat distro, but using a ReiserFS filesystem (with
> notail,noatime options) for my cache rather than RH's default ext3. Both
> configurations use aufs for storage.

> I'm looking for a little guidance on whether or not "--enable-truncate" is
> appropriate for me. Any opinions?

I don't believe it makes a significant difference, especially on
ReiserFS.

        Kinkie
Received on Sun Mar 20 2005 - 15:39:01 MST