Re: [SQU] SMP & Performance when disk i/o is not an issue

From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@dont-contact.us>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 00:29:59 +0100

Colin Campbell wrote:

> The main issue here is that squid is a single threaded process.
> It sits in a select loop. Adding cpus does not make it go faster.
> You need a faster cpu.

We are trying to find viable approaches for Squid and SMP, but it
probably won't happen without quite extensive rewrites.

Ideas and suggestions are mostly welcome. Sponsors even more so.

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Henrik Nordstrom
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