Re: [squid-users] Hardware Recommendations

On 12.10 14:13, TBUSHART@nycap.rr.com wrote:
> Can anyone help and make any recommendations from their experiences for
> hardware requirements for a new install of two LVS Load balancers
> forwarding to two Squid Real Servers. I?ve got the LVS servers in
> place, but for the squid boxes,

> should I use multiple hard drives with
> Raid 5 or Mirror two 15K SCSI drives,

no! if RAID, only RAID1 (mirror), if you can afford it, read more on:
http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-3.html#ss3.11
 
> and should I be ok with a single cpu in each? I?m thinking each squid
> device will be an hp dl360G4 with a Xeon 3.4GHZ/800MHZ.

this highly depends on their usage, on ammount and type of data transferred.

> I need about 60 GB of cache space. My cache dir
> lines will read:
> cache_dir diskd /cache1 16384 16 256
> cache_dir diskd /cache2 16384 16 256
> cache_dir diskd /cache3 16384 16 256
> cache_dir diskd /cache4 16384 16 256

eh? first you should know what disk drives you will have, THEN configure
cache_dirs on them, one on each cache_dir. For cache_dir size, read:

http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ.html#toc4.14

> I?m also thinking 3GB RAM in each Squid Box. This system will support
> about 600 connections to the internet at any given time. (~300
> connections per squid server after the LVS load balances outgoing web
> connections) I?ve read a few write-ups on the web but I figured I
> would ask the experts!

those servers might be able to process 600 requests per second.
the number of connections tells nothing. one browser can have 8 idle
connections to squid...

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