Re: [squid-users] optimizing squid and FreeBSD

On Sat, Mar 17, 2007 at 02:50:12PM -0400, Dave wrote:
> Hello,
> Running squid on a 6.x box. I'm going to implement digest user
> authentication, and want to ensure squid is running optimally. Googling and
> reading "Squid the Definitive Guide" by Oreilly indicates that the file
> descriptors should be raised. I did a
>
> sysctl -a|grep maxfiles
>
> and found a value of 1440. It was suggested to increase this to 8192, which
> i did. I then found entries in /etc/login.conf that make me wonder if this
> change was necessary. All of these are set to unlimited in the default
> option: datasize, stacksize, memoryuse, filesize and openfiles (one of these
> the descriptors), maxproc, and Given this do i have to add an
> options maxfiles=8192

Hi,

You don't need to edit your kernel config file, you can set this in
/boot/loader.conf.

The "unlimited" in login.conf doesn't really mean "infinite"; it means
"all that the kernel can provide." Your kernel is limited to 1440
without a change.

> in my kernel config file? I've also read the wiki in particular the section
> on diskd, i'm using the ufs storage scheme, would it help if i implemented
> diskd? Any other suggestions welcome.

> Thanks.
> Dave.

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