Re: [squid-users] Any kernel patch to improve performance?

On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 08:47 +0000, Monty Ree wrote:

> But my ab result say, performance is related with CPU intensively.

For very simple performance limit test workloads like the ab test you
performed yes..

> # ab -k -n 2000 -c 300 some_image_file
> kenel 2.6.x , squid 2.6stable3, same network and same config file.
>
> # opteron 275 dual core
> Requests per second: 7604.56 [#/sec] (mean)
>
> # Xeon 2,8G single
> Requests per second: 4597.70 [#/sec] (mean)

What kind of setup are you aiming for? The above test is only valid if
you are looking into using Squid as a reverse proxy infront of a very
small but extremely frequently accessed web site (and I really mean
extreme).

Regards
Henrik
Received on Mon Sep 04 2006 - 03:03:57 MDT