Re: [squid-users] IOWAIT and second disk

On Tue, Sep 19, 2006, Micha? Margula wrote:
> Hello!
>
> I have a aufs on /dev/sdc. Iowait takes about 40% of CPU. If I add
> another disk, will it make that load lower? Is it good idea to use two
> disks with aufs (diskd is unstable unfortunately)?

Yes, AUFS is fine.

Take a look at http://www.squid-cache.org/~adrian/coss/ - note the dramatic
drop in IOWAIT when using COSS.

It also depends on the hardware you're using. What kind of disks are they?
Which OS? Which controller?

Adrian
Received on Tue Sep 19 2006 - 01:43:08 MDT