Re: [squid-users] RE: Squid V2.5 and disk config

On Fri, 2003-01-31 at 04:19, Cavanagh, Kevin B wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> We are just about to begin installing Squid V2.5 on six (6) Proliant DL380
> servers running Redhat Linux V8.0 with 6 x 18.2GB disks.
>
> I was going to configure RAID 0+1 for the system disk and the remaining 4
> disks in a RAID 5 set. From some of the recent postings I've seen, RAID is
> not recommended. Does anyone out there have any recommendations on how I
> should configure the disks??

Depending on the memory in your servers, either:
Raid 1 for 2 disks giving you 18Gb for system + swap logs
no raid for 4 disks, giving you a little less than 72 gb for cache_dirs
in 4 (say) 16Gb cache_dirs, 1 per disk.

or

Raid 1 for 2 disks giving you 18Gb for system + swap logs
raid 1 for 2 pairs of 18Gb disks giving you 36Gb for cache_dirs, in 2
(say) 16Gb cache_dirs, 1 per raid 1 set.

Cheers,
Rob

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