Re: [squid-users] Optimized Squids

[Seann Clark]

On 6/24/2010 1:45 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:

On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:05:04 -0500, Seann Clark
<nombran...@tsukinokage.net>  wrote:

now, and I am looking for suggestions from the list on improving
performance. This is on a home system, which does not have a large
user base. I am running a Dual Xeon 2.0 Ghz system with 2 gigs ram,
120 Gigs hard drive, in a Raid 5 configuration controlled by a 3ware
RAID card.

Amos Jeffries wrote:

Optimization Tip #1: get rid of the RAID-5.
   http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/RAID

On 23.06.10 09:51, Seann Clark wrote:

I am planning on adding in a new disk to the unit, to move the cache off
the RAID volume, and keep the RAID volume just for the Operating system.
Would that have any impact on squid if its binary lives on the RAID-5
volume, but the caches are on separate physical drives?

Why to have raid-5 for system? do you have so small disks and so many of
data on it? If not, downsize it, convert it to raid-1 and use remaining disk
for another cache_dir.

My Squid runs on a firewall, and mail server, which I have had issues with losing disks, and having to start the entire build from scratch, causing me problems and downtime for the rebuild, and new parts was unacceptable. I have had the unit on RAID 5 and have a hot spare available with it and haven't had any downtime since. That is the only reason I have it set up like that.

~Seann

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