[squid-users] Recent Polygraph results for Squid?

Hi all -

We used to be a heavy user of commercial forward proxy/cache products,
but with the demise of the NetApp line we stopped that activity.

However, I'm now looking for an initial steer on a good large-scale
forward proxy setup (multi-gigabit rates, hundreds of thousands of
users). Unfortunately, our Polygraph rig was also scrapped some time ago
(boxes died-), and it will take time and resource to build a new one.

Sadly, the isp-caching and web-polygraph lists seem to be dead
nowadays-.

I'd be very interested in any numbers at all - most particularly on
recent Sun kit, as it looks as if ZFS is a good bet for Squid. I must
admit I alway hankered after testing a proxy/cache on a Thumper (X4540)
because of the huge spindle density.

At present, any numbers that get me within like a factor of two of
actual performance on any modern X86 server hardware would be great (and
perhaps any idea if using Sun T-series helps - does Squid like lots of
threads?) - that will enable us to decide whether it is worth setting up
to run our own detailed tests. I will, of course, post any test results
we produce if we go down that road.

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