Re: [squid-users] what do i need to get the job done, performance squid

> Hello list,
>
> i'm interested in some numbers other people have when using squid as a
> cache proxy.
>
> Our setup will be 5000 concurrent users surfing on the web.
> I have a dl380 g5 with 8 10k rpm disks and 32GB ram

Sounds a good hardware box.

>
> Would that be sufficient or should i run two squid's on that box (using
> more cpu's)
> Or should i use two boxes.

If you run two squid instances on a server box, they have to listen on
different TCP ports. If you don't mind that case, it's fine.

>
> are 5000 concurrent users a lot are do other people have more users
>

How much concurrent connections they can make?
My squid boxes always got 20,000+ concurrent connections.
Each server box has 4G mem, with a fast SCSI disk.

> Which version off squid should i use (2.7 3.0 3.1)
>

Both are fine.
But people here said squid-2.7 has better performance for high traffic.

Regards,
Jeff.
Received on Fri Jan 22 2010 - 06:48:32 MST