Re: [squid-users] H/W requirement for Squid to run in bigger scene like ISP

2008-07-15 Thread Henrik Nordstrom
On mån, 2008-07-14 at 02:25 -0700, bijayant kumar wrote: > In my observations since Squid is a single threaded(not a multithread) > s/w, so there is no need to use dual/quad core processor, and RAM is > also not very important factor because somewhere i read, "10MB RAM for > every 1 GB of cache s

Re: [squid-users] H/W requirement for Squid to run in bigger scene like ISP

2008-07-15 Thread Chris Woodfield
While more/faster is always better, that's not what I'm arguing - I'll take the fastest CPU budget allows and as many cores as they'll let me buy :) In particular, more CPU *does* help when you have dozens of helper apps such as authenticators or url rewriters. I think the point of the argu

Re: [squid-users] H/W requirement for Squid to run in bigger scene like ISP

2008-07-15 Thread Michel
> third, AM2 Quad (phenom) > I labeled the two last msgs wrong, X2 = X4 and X4 = X2, the image name is correct > michel > > > > > > Tecnologia Internet Matik http://info.matik.com.br > Sistemas Wireless para o Provedor Banda Larga > Hospedag

Re: [squid-users] H/W requirement for Squid to run in bigger scene like ISP

2008-07-15 Thread Michael Alger
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 05:51:50AM -0300, Michel wrote: > and the whole issue again and again is understated, at least you > guys admit already dualcores ... > > I really do not understand the resistance, there *_IS_NO_* doubth > that an 8core machine is faster than a twocore - and whatever > soft

Re: [squid-users] H/W requirement for Squid to run in bigger scene like ISP

2008-07-15 Thread Michel
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Re: [squid-users] H/W requirement for Squid to run in bigger scene like ISP

2008-07-15 Thread Michel
here the second image, AM2 X2 michel Tecnologia Internet Matik http://info.matik.com.br Sistemas Wireless para o Provedor Banda Larga Hospedagem e Email personalizado - e claro, no Brasil.

Re: [squid-users] H/W requirement for Squid to run in bigger scene like ISP

2008-07-15 Thread Michel
> Hi, > > One thing to keep in mind is that in my experience, it makes sense to > not only get fast disks, but put as much RAM in the box you can > afford. Now *don't* give this all the squid via the mem_cache config; > let the OS use the spare memory for caching disk reads. This will spee > > Addi

Re: [squid-users] H/W requirement for Squid to run in bigger scene like ISP

2008-07-14 Thread Chris Woodfield
Hi, One thing to keep in mind is that in my experience, it makes sense to not only get fast disks, but put as much RAM in the box you can afford. Now *don't* give this all the squid via the mem_cache config; let the OS use the spare memory for caching disk reads. This will spee Additional

Re: [squid-users] H/W requirement for Squid to run in bigger scene like ISP

2008-07-14 Thread Amos Jeffries
Anna Jonna Armannsdottir wrote: On mán, 2008-07-14 at 13:01 +0200, Angelo Hongens wrote: All the servers I usually buy have either one or two quad core cpu's, so it's more the question: will 8 cores perform better than 4? If not, I would be wiser to buy a single Xeon X5460 or so, instead of 2 l

Re: [squid-users] H/W requirement for Squid to run in bigger scene like ISP

2008-07-14 Thread Anna Jonna Armannsdottir
On mán, 2008-07-14 at 13:01 +0200, Angelo Hongens wrote: > > All the servers I usually buy have either one or two quad core cpu's, > so it's more the question: will 8 cores perform better than 4? > > If not, I would be wiser to buy a single Xeon X5460 or so, instead of > 2 lower clocked cpu's, ri

Re: [squid-users] H/W requirement for Squid to run in bigger scene like ISP

2008-07-14 Thread Angelo Hongens
Anna Jonna Armannsdottir wrote: > With todays hardware, wich is often dual processor by default, there are > very little savings using only one processor. Chances are that Your > users will hate the proxy server, if it turns out to be a bottleneck > during heavy load. > I'm not running any squid

Re: [squid-users] H/W requirement for Squid to run in bigger scene like ISP

2008-07-14 Thread Anna Jonna Armannsdottir
On mán, 2008-07-14 at 02:25 -0700, bijayant kumar wrote: > In my observations since Squid is a single threaded(not a multithread) > s/w, so there is no need to use dual/quad core processor, and RAM is > also not very important factor because somewhere i read, "10MB RAM for > every 1 GB of cache spa

[squid-users] H/W requirement for Squid to run in bigger scene like ISP

2008-07-14 Thread bijayant kumar
Hello to list, I am using squid 3.0.STABLE7. Can i use squid for caching server in a ISP like environment. If yes, then what should be the H/W configuration? I have gone through to various articles found in google. In my observations since Squid is a single threaded(not a multithread) s/w, so