RE: [squid-users] Optimizing squid? Does anyone have an docs onoptimizing squid?

The box is a Dual 2 core ( 4 core total) AMD 275.

So I should probably start 4 squids.

When I try to start the second one I get:

squid -f /etc/squid/squid2.conf
2007/07/02 16:08:03| Squid is already running! Process ID 448

Thank you very much for your help!!!

wfc-zit-new-001:~# cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor : 0
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 33
model name : Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 275
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 2210.222
cache size : 1024 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext
fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy
bogomips : 4423.80
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp

processor : 1
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 33
model name : Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 275
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 2210.222
cache size : 1024 KB
physical id : 0
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext
fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy
bogomips : 4420.68
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp

processor : 2
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 33
model name : Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 275
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 2210.222
cache size : 1024 KB
physical id : 1
siblings : 2
core id : 0
cpu cores : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext
fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy
bogomips : 4420.69
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp

processor : 3
vendor_id : AuthenticAMD
cpu family : 15
model : 33
model name : Dual Core AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 275
stepping : 2
cpu MHz : 2210.222
cache size : 1024 KB
physical id : 1
siblings : 2
core id : 1
cpu cores : 2
fpu : yes
fpu_exception : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp : yes
flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge
mca cmov pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext
fxsr_opt lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni lahf_lm cmp_legacy
bogomips : 4420.77
TLB size : 1024 4K pages
clflush size : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp

-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Nordstrom [mailto:henrik@henriknordstrom.net]
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 3:43 PM
To: Mark Vickers
Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
Subject: Re: [squid-users] Optimizing squid? Does anyone have an docs
onoptimizing squid?

On Mon, 2007-07-02 at 16:54 -0400, Mark Vickers wrote:
> I have it set up as reverse proxy.
>
> In test I hit it with eight load clients but can't but can't get the
> CPU on the squid or carp boxes to go above 30%, and I can only pull
> down about 500 10k files per second.

On what kind of server?

Squid can only use a single CPU core, so if this is a SMP or multi-core
server then you won't be able to fully utilize the CPU with a single
Squid instance..

Bug 500 10K requests/s sounds a little low..

Regards
Henrik
Received on Mon Jul 02 2007 - 17:12:11 MDT