Re: [squid-users] Evaluating SQUID performance

From: Henrik Lidström <freebsd_at_lidstrom.eu>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 16:19:58 +0200

On 07/24/13 12:48, John Joseph wrote:
>
> Hi
> How could I do a test on squid server and check the performance on the bandwidth saved.
> Is there any tool for the same.
> I know squid can save bandwith, but I want to convince others with proof
> Guidance and Advice requested
> thanks
> Joseph John
>
You could test calamaris V.2.99 logparser if that fits your need?
http://cord.de/tools/squid/calamaris/

Example from my home:

# Summary
Calamaris statistics
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lines parsed: lines 157608
invalid lines: lines 1
parse time: sec 6
parse speed: lines/sec 26268
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Proxy statistics
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Total amount: requests 157608
unique hosts/users: hosts 24
Total Bandwidth: Byte 14063M
Proxy efficiency (HIT [kB/sec] / DIRECT [kB/sec]): factor 9.15
Average speed increase:
% 29.71
TCP response time of 100% requests: msec 322
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Cache statistics
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Total amount cached: requests 85761
Request hit rate:
% 54.41
Bandwidth savings: Byte 3616M
Bandwidth savings in Percent (Byte hit rate):
% 25.71
Average cached object size: Byte 44214
Average direct object size: Byte 152472
Average object size: Byte 93564
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/Henrik
Received on Wed Jul 24 2013 - 14:20:26 MDT

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