> a) How many requests/s? (5 min average) 65-90 req/sec > b) How many open connections? (number of > filedescriptors in use)
2500-3500 open connections Current File descriptor in use 2800 We Provide and Interent Over Cable and Dialup Services at peak hours around 3800 cable modems and 600 dialup modem are on line . we have 4 Squid boxes with following Specs Pentitum III 1200 MHz Entry Level Server RAM 2 GB 3 SCSI Disk ( one for OS ) ( other for Cache ) i am not using more 8 GB for cache for each drive OS Redhat 9 ( Mode Transparent using WCCP ) File system Reierfs squid compiled with 16384 file descriptor using AUFS Is switching other OS like FreeBSd helps ?? or Compiling linux kernel with specfic option aslo thinking adding other Scsi drive for cache i want to get maxium performance from my Hardware Your input will be very helpful .. Thanks and Regards UW __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business $15K Web Design Giveaway http://promotions.yahoo.com/design_giveaway/
