Re: [squid-users] cache tuning

refresh_pattern, and the amount of cache.

There is no valid generic rule on how to set refresh_pattern as it
depends on how far you are willing to bend freshness in favor of cache
hit rate, and for what kind of content.

Regards
Henrik

"Tony Melia (DMS)" wrote:
>
> Thanks - but I am not concerned with the performance of squid as far as
> speed goes. I simply want to be able to cache more things for longer. Any
> suggestions on what I can change, or has anybody already done this that can
> advise what needs to be changed?
>
> Regards,
> Tony
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Account For Cache Group [mailto:cachemail@procache.com]
> Sent: Saturday, 22 June 2002 8:58pm
> To: Tony Melia (DMS)
> Cc: 'squid-users@squid-cache.org'
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] cache tuning
>
> refresh_pattern is one of the most tuning parameter, the others
> by this field you can only increase your hit rate.
>
> in linux, compile your squid with --enable-async-io=xx and then use aufs
> filesystem in your squid.conf
> try to use SCSI devices instead of IDE, set noatime option for cache
> partitions.
> try to use multiple hard disks as your cache partition.
> set client_half_close off
> set client/server_persistent_connetion on
>
> see the part 1 of securing and optimizing linux , especially network
> optimization.
>
> besure that you have enough memory for your system. besure of your cpu
> strength by checking and monitoring "vmstat 1"
>
> Mahmoud Taghizadeh
>
> On Thu, 20 Jun 2002, Tony Melia (DMS) wrote:
>
> > I am trying to tune my cache settings to maximise the hit rate. Can
> anybody
> > suggest any methods they have successfully used? I assume the main thing
> to
> > tune is the refresh_pattern settings.
Received on Wed Jun 26 2002 - 01:25:55 MDT