Re: [squid-users] squid performance - requests per second

guest01 wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> I am sorry if this is a question which has been asked for many times,
> but I did not find any actual question concerning the performance of
> recent versions of squid.
>
> We are trying to replace a commercial product with squid servers on
> 64bit linux servers (most likely red hat 5). At the moment, we have a
> peak of about 6000 requests per second, which is really a lot. How
> many requests can one single squid server handle? I am just talking
> about caching, we also have icap servers and different forms of
> authentication. What are your experiences? How many requests can you
> handle with which hardware? A raw guess would be ok.
>
> thanks, best regards

http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=squid+performance
http://www.google.co.nz/search?q=squid+benchmark
http://wiki.squid-cache.org/KnowledgeBase/Benchmarks

Amos

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