No kernel tweaks, but some runtime tuning..
At least the following is required to be tuned:
* number of filedescriptors
* number of free ports
And you may need to tune
* maximum number of files
* maximum number of inodes (think this is dynamic in 2.4)
Larry Creech wrote:
>
> Are there any recommended kernel tweaks for linux 2.4.x series? I've noticed
> that the proxy can handle 1000 robots at 400reps/sec (0.4 req_rate) with the
> robot pconn_use_lmt commented out. If the number of robots is increased an
> the rate is maintained, TCP connections are dropped and the proxy cannot
> keep up. Likewise if persistent connection are re-enabled on the robots, the
> squid/RH7.1 proxy cannot handle even 500 robots at 200reps/sec unless I set
> the pconn_use_lmt to 2. The squid is not overloading the box, but there
> seems to be a maximum number of TCP connections at one time which. To get
> more out of this, what need should be tweaked? Kernel (/proc) and/or squid?
>
> Thanks,
> Larry Creech
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