Re: [squid-users] cache_dir : )

From: Muhammad Naeem <naeem_9211@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 15:05:05 -0700 (PDT)

> Hi,
> I would like to find out something about cache_dir
> setting.
> Is there any good rules for me to follow how to
> decide on how many
> first level and second level subdirectory I should
> set?

The default 16 256 is good.

> if, let say, I have a 9gb hdd going to entirely
> dedicate for my squid
> cache, should i create one big partition or divide
> into 2 or 3
> partitions in order to obtain a better r/w
> performance? does this
> matter?

You should make only one partition of about 7GB.

> anyone can compare the good and bad over the ufs,
> aufs, diskd for
> me? to have a better idea on making decision on it!!
>

ufs for most of the situations is fine, BTW what is
your OS? if you are using Linux then aufs will perform
better and if you are using FreeBSD then diskd is
good.

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Received on Thu May 03 2001 - 16:05:06 MDT

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