[squid-users] cache_dir L1 L2 question

2004-02-14 Thread OTR Comm 
Hello,

I have a 80GB drive on a system that I would like to dedicate to a squid
server.  The notes in squid.conf say that I should subtract 20% and use
that number for the Mbytes field for cache_dir.  So I would have 64000.

The question is, what is a reasonable L1 and L2 to put for this setting?

Also, I don't understand the different storage types, (ufs, aufs, diskd,
etc), but for the system I want to set up, would either one be
preffered?


Thank you,

Murrah Boswell

Re: [squid-users] cache_dir L1 L2 question

2004-02-14 Thread Duane Wessels 



On Sat, 14 Feb 2004, OTR Comm wrote:

 Hello,

 I have a 80GB drive on a system that I would like to dedicate to a squid
 server.  The notes in squid.conf say that I should subtract 20% and use
 that number for the Mbytes field for cache_dir.  So I would have 64000.

You should do that to start with.  After Squid has been running with
a full cache you can think about increasing the cache size.

 The question is, what is a reasonable L1 and L2 to put for this setting?

I'm not sure it matters much.  You can use 16/256 (the default) or
try 32/512 if you want.

 Also, I don't understand the different storage types, (ufs, aufs, diskd,
 etc), but for the system I want to set up, would either one be
 preffered?

Depends on your operating system and expected load.  I advise that
you stick with UFS (the default) for now and try one of the
others if you suspect that performance is suffering due to disk
I/O bottlenecks.

Also, please read: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/squid/chapter/index.html

Duane W.

Re: [squid-users] cache_dir L1 L2 question

2004-02-14 Thread OTR Comm 
  I have a 80GB drive on a system that I would like to dedicate to a squid
  server.  The notes in squid.conf say that I should subtract 20% and use
  that number for the Mbytes field for cache_dir.  So I would have 64000.
 
 You should do that to start with.  After Squid has been running with
 a full cache you can think about increasing the cache size.

You mean set the cache size to 64GB to start with, right?

 Also, please read: http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/squid/chapter/index.html

I bought your book a few weeks ago, now I am waiting for Amazon to ship
it.


Thanks,

Murrah Boswell