Re: [squid-users] Use squid as tiny proxy

From: Wei Keong <chooweikeong@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 18:08:06 +0800 (Singapore Standard Time)

Btw, how much bandwidth going into your box when it's handling 700 req/s?

my box was taking in 6 Mbps when it's handling 100 req/s...

On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:

> Wei Keong wrote:
> >
> > reducing cache_mem (256M -> 128M) and fd (8152 - 4096) doesn't improve the
> > proformance much. my squid becomes very slow (ave response time = 1s, cpu
> > = 100%) when req/s = 100.
> >
> > tried cutting down url_regex also does help much... is 100 req/s the 'max'
> > load for PIII 1GHz, 2GB RAM system?
>
> No, but you may need to retune your TCP kernel to allow such high rate
> of outgoing TCP connections.
>
> Also, if you are doing caching then proper tuning of your disk system is
> needed.
>
> A non-caching Squid on PIII 1GHz can handle ca 700 req/s.
>
> Regards
> Henrik
>
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