Re: [squid-users] Re: Socket option in Squid

Ronald wrote:

> > Squid's network I/O mechanism is in serious need of improvement.
> > Currently a lot of resources are wasted there. However, as the overall
> > load increases, the wastefullnes reduces so it is not as bad as it may
> > seem. In my experiance Squid runs quite well way above where the
> > CPU gets fully utilized (limit seems to be about 1.5-2 times where the
> > CPU is fully utilized).
>
> Ok. So if we change net I/O from I/O muliplexing to Event I/O ( Your
> previous project), How much performance gain we can expect?

Unfortunately it proved to not be that easy to fit a Event I/O model into
Squid due to some assumptions about the I/O model being polled ala
poll()/select(). But I should try again as I have got some new ideas on how
to emulate this using the event I/O model.

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Henrik