Re: [squid-users] Squid Cache Performance - Ext3 or Reiserfs

> I having try to figure out how to increase my cache
> performance. Is the ReiserFS faster to use with squid than the
> Ext3? And if so, what is the general gain in the cache
> performance. I am using squid 2.5 STABLE 1 on RH 7.2
> kernel 2.4.19

The recent archives of this list have this discussion in detail. The
short of it is to use ReiserFS.
 
> I currently have the following config:
> The /home/squid is mounted using Ext3.
>
> cache_dir aufs /home/squid 6500 24 256
>
> Would it be quicker to add another 7200rpm drive and have
> two cache directories.

More drives = more spindles = better performance

Scott :-)
Received on Tue Oct 29 2002 - 08:23:29 MST