Re: [squid-users] SQUID 2.4 at ISP center

Reread the FAQ I pointed you to.

40GB of cache_dir will require a /minimum/ of 400MB+cache_mem+some more
(some more being about 20-30MB, plus whatever memory is required for the
rest of your system and services). A 20GB cache_dir is still too big
for 256MB of RAM if you expect good performance.

Erick Arturo Perez wrote:
> So, that means my 40 gig (maybe lower but no less than 20) cache is
> going to be OK? Right?
>
>
> Erick A. Perez H.
> Asesor de Seguridad informatica
> y TeleComunicaciones
> Panama, Republica de Panama
> Tel. (507) 226-6217
> Movil. (507) 652-4889 (24 horas)
> cripto@c-com.net.pa
> eperez@consultant.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Cooper [mailto:joe@swelltech.com]
> Sent: Sabado, 04 de Mayo de 2002 10:52 p.m.
> To: Erick Arturo Perez
> Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] SQUID 2.4 at ISP center
>
> Forget adding more disk space (unless you're doing it to add spindles,
> not capacity). You've already got more space than your memory can
> accomodate.
>
> Read the memory section of the Squid FAQ for more thorough discussion:
>
> http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-8.html
>
> The last section (8.11) is especially relevant.
>
> Erick Arturo Perez wrote:
>
>>Hi folks,
>>One question about performance of Squid.
>>
>>A box with Mandrake 8.2 and Squid 2.4 Stable 4
>>256 MB RAM
>>40 Gigs disk (IDE Disks)
>>two network cards.
>>Doing transparent proxy with iptables redirecting port 80
>>(Yes, cheap hardware at cheap ISP)
>>
>>This machine is located at one small ISP in my country. We handle
>
> about
>
>>1200 customers with different connection speeds.
>>The ISP has an upstream Internet connection of 2 Mbits (now see how
>>small is?) connected to WorldCom (MCI). WorldCom manages one Internet
>>backbone down here.
>>
>>What will be a good way to calculate/measure what parameters should I
>>"optimize" on Squid to make it work faster? So the ISP clients can
>
> surf
>
>>faster?
>>
>>If needed we can add more hard disk. Lets say 60 gigs total?
>>
>>Machine will not do anything else.
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Erick A. Perez H.
>>Panama, Republica de Panama
>>Tel. (507) 226-6217
>>Movil. (507) 652-4889 (24 horas)
>>cripto@c-com.net.pa
>>eperez@consultant.com
>
>
>

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