Re: [squid-users] squid with multiple NICS

Ok. I am using wccp.

I see where 2 nics comes in, but the more load I see those devices
using, the more nics I see.

Alright, I am aiming to see if I can get over 200 req/sec on a stable
state.

Thank you very much.

Best regards

Edward Millington
BSc, Network+, I-Net+, CIW Associate
Systems Administrator, Sr
Cariaccess Communications Ltd.
Palm Plaza
Wildey
St. Michael
Barbados

Phone:  1 246 430 7435
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-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@marasystems.com>
To: "Edward Millington" <edward@cariaccess.com>, <squid-users@squid-
cache.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2003 01:29:56 +0100
Subject: Re: [squid-users] squid with multiple NICS

> Yes, most of our products have more than one NIC for firewalling
> purposes.
>
> Squid does not really care how many NICs your box have. It is the
> responsibility of the OS to configure NIC addresses and routing,
> Squid just makes use of what you have.
>
> To aid the OS in this use Squid can specify which addresses it want
> to
> use. See the squid.conf directives http_port and
> tcp_outgoing_address.
>
>
> There is no need for interface bonding for such low network workloads
> as Squid. A single 100Mbps NIC is more than sufficient for almost any
> Squid in terms of performance. However, if you set up interface
> bonding in your OS for higher bandwidth connectivity to your switch
> or router then Squid will happily use such bonded interfaces, just as
> any other application on your box would.
>
> Regards
> Henrik Nordström
> MARA Systems AB, Sweden
>
>
>
> On Sunday 26 January 2003 13.32, Edward Millington wrote:
> > Hi Everyone!
> >
> > Have any one ever put together squid with multiple NICS?
> >
> > If you purchase a commercial cache, sometimes you can get 2 or more
> > nics?
> >
> > My question is, are those nics load sharing or are there bonded as
> > one nic card?
> >
> > In other words, under very stress enviroment, does it use all 2 or
> > more nic cards at the smae time?
> >
> > Currently, I have been able to run my squid devel 3 over 160
> > req/sec.
> >
> > Over that, my testing machine is the problem with dishing out alot
> > of requests. My test machine is a win2k 950MHz..
Received on Mon Jan 27 2003 - 05:18:34 MST