[squid-users] Squid performance issue [again]

Hi,

I understand that the size of the physical RAM has to be proportional to the
total harddisk cache size. Supposing I have

unlimited physical RAM,

1) What is the recommended size of 1 physical harddisk for each server (each
server can have sda, sdb etc...). The reason I

am asking this is that I am concern that the bigger a disk is, the longer
squid needs to get an object out of it.

I am currently using a U320 SCSI disk of 10KRPM, size 73GB. It is being
partitioned into 4 smaller partition of 17GB each.

Performace is within expectation, but I am wondering if reparttioning it
into smaller sizes would give better yield. On the

other hand, the disk has a fixed number of head, so would it even help?

2) In term of performance only, is a 100GB harddisk better (partitioned into
5 20GB partitioned) or 5 20GB harddisks better.

Thanks
Liz

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Received on Mon May 17 2004 - 02:17:20 MDT