Re: [squid-users] Effective Squid Machines

From: Vicky Shrestha <mail@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 15:02:28 +0545

Yes We are using ufs. What needs to be done to change to either diskd or aufs
without having to remake the cache.

The response of squid as shown by servicetime in cache-manager is 1.5. Also
Sometimes we have hit refresh button twice in both IE and Mozilla to get a
page.

On Sunday 03 November 2002 13:53, Robert Collins wrote:
> On Sun, 2002-11-03 at 18:57, Vicky Shrestha wrote:
> > We are running squid as transparent proxies for our network. However we
> > are not happy with the performance. The response time of squid is very
> > high.
> >
> > We are using two combinations of squid.
> > 1. squid2.4STABLE6 and kernel 2.4.18-3
> > 2. squid2.2STABLE5 and kernel 2.2.14-12
> >
> > The Hardware is Pentium III 800 Mhz and Athleon 1.4Ghz with more than
> > 512MB of ram.We are using SCSII drives on some and IDE on some.
> >
> > Is there any configurations options in Kernel that we can use to maximize
> > the perfomance of squid.
>
> Make sure you are using diskd or aufs. The use of ufs is one of the key
> performance killers for squid. Also, what do you define as 'very high'?
>
> Rob

-- 
Best regards,
Vicky Shrestha
System Administrator
WorldLink Communications Pvt.Ltd
Jawalakhel, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Received on Sun Nov 03 2002 - 02:17:43 MST

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