Re: [squid-users] many clients issue

Payal wrote:

> Thanks a lot for the mail. Forgive for mailing offlist, cos' I have
> temporarily unsubscribed to the list. When I asked the question, I was
> waiting for you to answer :)

You should allow for a months delay or so. B-)

I am committed to ensuring that all Squid-Users questions get answered
if possible, but I am not committed to do so in a timely manner. In
fact, I will even try to keep a minimum delay of a week to let others
have a chance to answer first.

If anyone needs to have guaranteed timely answers then Squid support
agreements can be bought from my company MARA Systems AB
<http://www.marasystems.com/>. There is also other providers of Squid
support with varying quality.

> > > serve about 150-200 clients atleast at a given time. What extra
> > > things/precautions do I have to take care of?
> > Not much. It is still a tiny userbase.
>
> Tiny? I meant 150-200 users at *any* given time. I also fear that it might
> just go overboard with as many as 350 clients at any given time.

Yes. Not terribly many users that is. Maybe if all are LAN or other high
bandwidth users and all they do is surf the web..

> > If these 200 users are surfing a lot then you probably should build
> > squid using the "aufs" cache_dir format. And don't use a too large
> > cache_dir.
>
> aufs... u mean I just change the line
> cache_dir ufs /var/spool/squid 100 16 256
> to cache_dir aufs /var/spool/squid 100 16 256

Yes, provided your Squid is compiled with support for aufs. A "squid -k
parse" will tell quickly if not.

> Also, I plan to keep a cache of 1Gb, is it ok? And cache_mem of 8 Mb, is it
> ok?

Sounds reasonable, but you can use a larger cache_dir if you like.

Regarding the cache dir size, see mainly the Squid FAQ on memory usage
why you should not be using a too large cache dir.

> Are you working with squid-cache???

squid-cache is not a company or organsation. It is merely a piece of
software. squid-cache do not employ anyone.

I work on Squid when I have time and interest, or a someone pays me to
do so.

> Are the the final authority on squid?

What is a "final authority" on community driven Open Source projects?

I do know almost all aspects of Squid, including the magic inner
workings of the source code.

> Do you have an webpage where I can know more about you?

These pages should tell you more in who I am and what I do:

http://www.marasystems.com/
http://www.hem.passagen.se/hno/
http://devel.squid-cache.org/hno/
http://www.squid-cache.org/Devel/
http://www.squid-cache.org/volunteers.html

> Are you the guy who ppl. call HNO?

I am the guy who use "hno" as signature on his patches and my email
address yes. It is short and reasonably unique.

When people refer to me in person they usually use "Henrik".

Regards
Henrik
Received on Fri Mar 29 2002 - 03:05:08 MST