Re: [squid-users] Question on multiple caches and recommended ram size.

Gary Hostetler wrote:

> Is this desirable if I had 2 different hard drives
> to configure squid to use both?

Generally yes.

Two drives can sustain a significantly higher request rate than a single
drive.

> Is this done with squid.conf and then with squid -Z?

yes.

> I'm getting ready to order ram -I'm at 256MB- and I can
> go to either 1 gig or 2 gigs. My cache size is set at 25
> gigs but in 3 days they have only consumed about a gig.
> I plan on adding more users.

Building for more than about 7 days of cache is mostly a waste of
resources.

You should size the amount of drives in relation to the request rate you
need to sustain, and the total size of your cache to around 7 days or as
much as you can afford to spend on memory..

Note: there is a bunch of other issues when you start going above ca
1.5GB of memory if you are using a 32bit CPU.

> Finally, my hit rate is about 35%. Is that about normal?

Byte or document hit rate?

Regards
Henrik
Received on Mon Mar 17 2003 - 15:32:40 MST