Re: [squid-users] Squid Under High Load

On Fri, 2 Feb 2007, Adrian Chadd wrote:

> Part of the work I did quite a while ago was to try and allow people to
> store very large objects on another spool. I guessed that the large objects
> were accessed less frequently and so could happily be stored in a UNIX
> filesystem. The file open rate for a "normal" UNIX filesystem is what, 50 ish
> requests a second for a single-spindle disk filesystem? Maybe slightly higher
> if all your directory entries are cached?
>
> Research has mostly shown that to be true; ie the overhead of UNIX filesystems
> becomes less of a concern after the object size grows past a couple hundred
> kilobytes. I'd quote the references but I don't have them handy - I'll make
> sure they appear in the document library once the new Squid website is released.
>
> So as long as you're able to store small objects seperately from large objects
> and make sure one doesn't starve IO from the other then you'll be able to both
> enjoy your cake and eat it too. :P

That would be a great feature to have, to be able to put larger objects in
a separate space. Thanks. :)

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