Re: [squid-users] cache hardware specification

lots of fast drives - i think that size is less important than the
number, since squid seems generally i/o bound in my experience. my squid
box (p2-333 w/7 9GB 10K U2 scsi drives) handles about 1GB a day of
traffic with the cpu load rarely going over 10%. of course, higher
volume sites might need more processing power, but i'd spend my money on
lots of scsi or ssa drives and a couple of controllers to spread the
i/o. and use diskd if you're running on freebsd. :)

just my $0.02

On Tuesday, January 15, 2002, at 03:26 PM, Aaron Seelye wrote:

> I'd put Fast & Large SCSI drives in front of fast processors.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Peter Smith [mailto:peter.smith@UTSouthwestern.edu]
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 2:59 PM
>> To: Alireza saleh
>> Cc: squid
>> Subject: Re: [squid-users] cache hardware specification
>>
>>
>> I don't know about anyone else, but I'd recommend the fastest
>> processor(s) you can get and the most RAM. It also depends on your
>> needs. Do you need to cache everything (in other words
>> proxied connect
>> is not a large connection?) Do you need less latency (and you have a
>> large connection?)
>>
>> Peter Smith
>> Linux Systems Administrator
>> University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
>> 214 648 3111
>> peter.smith@utsouthwestern.edu
>>
>>
>> Alireza saleh wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Users,
>>> I would like to know the best hardware configuration
>>> for a machine running squid with very high load.
>>> would you please guide me what should I buy.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> Shadow Man.
>>>
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Received on Tue Jan 15 2002 - 16:36:51 MST