Re: [squid-users] Caching Expired Objects - One Small Step Forward

Hi,

--- Tek Bahadur Limbu <teklimbu@wlink.com.np> wrote:

> Are you intending to run a single cache of 500 GB in
> size or a couple of
> proxy caches amounting to 500 GB in size?
>
> It's because running a 500 GB cache in a single
> machine is going to
> cause you problems along the way. Such a large cache
> will also be a
> little more difficult to maintain compared to a 10
> or 20 GB cache.
>
> Despite the low cost of hard drives these days, I
> would prefer to spread
> the disk storage over a couple of squid caches
> instead of a single
> cache. They can also be configured for
> load-balancing later.
>
> If for some reasons, your cache gets corrupted, it
> might take a very
> long time to fix it and I am sure that Squid's
> median response might
> will get higher.
>
> Anyway, it's just my suggestion.
>

Now that you have mentioned it I will do some reading
on the subject to determine what the optimal disk size
should be. May be bigger is not better.

Thanks.
Solomon.
Received on Mon Oct 08 2007 - 01:13:01 MDT