Re: [squid-users] Squid CPU Performance

On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Joel Jaeggli wrote:

> On Fri, 21 Nov 2003, Mark Pelkoski wrote:
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> > List,
> > I FINALLY implemented a Squid server into my production environment
> > today. It is squid-2.5.STABLE4-20031029 on a Quad Proc Xeon 500MHz with
> > 1M Cache and 3x9Gig Raid-5 dedicated for cache and 2x9Gig Raid-1 for OS
> > Redhat 9.0. I tested this exact server config with 74 users and
> > performance was pretty good for 800 Reqs/Min. Now in Production I have
> > 325+ users at 2700 Reqs/Min and performance stinks. It's like being on a
> > dial-up connection. 3 of the procs are sitting below 1%. The other is
> > used by Squid at 99.9%. It there any way to speed up performance on a
> > multi-proc system? TIA.
>
> not really... it will however go a lot faster if you unraid the 3 9gb
> drives and treat each one as a seperate cache dir...
>

I agree with Joel, and also you can use "cache_dir diskd" and
this maybe will give some job for other processors too, there will be will
be 3 separate "diskd" processes.

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> > Mark Pelkoski
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Received on Fri Nov 21 2003 - 14:00:32 MST