Re: [SQU] Disk access as Squid bottleneck?

You can find further information about hard disks into the squid's user
guide. There is a calculation method.

client's requests per second = 1000 / seek time of disk / number of
cache_dir disk

Best regards,
Ilker G.

> Kimden: Steve Snyder [mailto:swsnyder@home.com]
> Tarih: Monday, November 20, 2000 2:46 AM
> Kime: Squid Mailing List
> Konu: [SQU] Disk access as Squid bottleneck?
>
>
> My Squid (v2.3S4) cache has plenty of CPU and RAM available
> to it. Also,
> the hard disk on which the cache is stored has twice transfer
> rate of the
> 100Mbps network that the data crosses. Given these facts, am
> I correct in
> thinking that disk access time is the bottleneck for my
> cache's throughput?
>
> My hard disk is a very good IDE drive, but it has an IDE
> drive's access
> time: 8.5ms. With sub-5.0ms SCSI drives on the market, I wonder if it
> makes sense to get one as a replacement for my current drive.
> I'm willing
> to spend the money, but I want to feel confident that the
> reduced access
> time will really be noticeable as improved cache performance.
>
> Any thoughts on this topic?
>
> *** Steve Snyder ***
>
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