Re: Squid slowing conections

From: George Amaro <george@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 11:08:19 -0400

Greg,

I'm using Linux, kernel 2.0.36.

The squid cache is:
hdc: ST38421A, 8056MB w/256kB Cache, CHS=16368/16/63, UDMA

And I'm using delay pools to limit the bandwidth usage for
modems to a reasonable speed without burn all my link
(just 512 Kbps with satelite).

Greg Maxwell wrote:
>
> You didn't mention your OS.
>
> If you are running Linux, make sure it's the latest kernel version. Also,
> make sure you are using DMA on that IDE HDD, the performance difference is
> night and day. (Use hdparam to see the dma status)
>
> I don't see why the delay pools are needed, try without them.
>
> --

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George Amaro
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation
Network Engineering Team
Received on Wed Feb 23 2000 - 07:17:44 MST

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