Re: [squid-users] Question on multiple caches and recommended ram size.

Thanks,

I think 1 gig of ram will probably suffice. My hit ratio is document hit rate. I was not sure where to find the byte rate in cache manager.

Gary

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@squid-cache.org>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 23:31:45 +0100

>Gary Hostetler wrote:
>
>> Is this desirable if I had 2 different hard drives
>> to configure squid to use both?
>
>Generally yes.
>
>Two drives can sustain a significantly higher request rate than a single
>drive.
>
>> Is this done with squid.conf and then with squid -Z?
>
>yes.
>
>> I'm getting ready to order ram -I'm at 256MB- and I can
>> go to either 1 gig or 2 gigs. My cache size is set at 25
>> gigs but in 3 days they have only consumed about a gig.
>> I plan on adding more users.
>
>Building for more than about 7 days of cache is mostly a waste of
>resources.
>
>You should size the amount of drives in relation to the request rate you
>need to sustain, and the total size of your cache to around 7 days or as
>much as you can afford to spend on memory..
>
>Note: there is a bunch of other issues when you start going above ca
>1.5GB of memory if you are using a 32bit CPU.
>
>> Finally, my hit rate is about 35%. Is that about normal?
>
>Byte or document hit rate?
>
>Regards
>Henrik
>
Received on Mon Mar 17 2003 - 15:58:50 MST