Hi, I have been testing squid on a test machine and is now ready to be used in an IBM xseries 205 with 1gig of RAM, 2.4 ghz CPU and two(2) 18.2 10k rmp SCSI disks.
Previously, I have used this configuration: ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/squid \ --enable-async-io \ --with-pthreads \ --enable-storeio="aufs,ufs" --enable-snmp \ --disable-http-violations \ --disable-hostname-checks \ --enable-underscores \ --enable-auth="basic" \ --enable-basic-auth-helpers="NCSA" --enable-default-err-language=English Operating System would be Slackware Linux, kernel 2.4.22. Should I stay with pthreads or should I use the included dlmalloc in squid? Which is better in performance? Also what filesystem would you guys recommend? I am planning to use XFS although the test machine is now running on ReiserFS, does XFS has a performance advantage over ReiserFS according to your experience? Any other tips or suggestions or anything that I have to consider to achieve maximum performance on the machine? Estimated number of users is 100 to 200 only. Thanks and best regards, Kenneth Oncinian
