Re: [squid-users] Diskd settings questions

Anyone have any input on this? It would benefit me as well.

Thanks.

-gvb

On Jul 2, 2004, at 6:18 PM, Pete Davis wrote:

> I have successfully set up several Squid boxes on FreeBSD (4.x and
> 5.x).
> They are running well with no problems to speak of at the time.
> Searching through the mailing list archives does wonders for your
> knowledge.
>
> I do have questions about Diskd settings:
> 1)what are the optimum settings for Diskd on FreeBSD? The FAQ has
> information on the settings but warns, "You can set the parameters in
> the kernel as follows. This is just an example. Make sure the values
> are
> appropriate for your system:". I cannot find how to adjust the values
> based on the box (I have several different sized servers). I use the
> default settings but I have never really stressed the box enough to
> know
> if those settings (from the FAQ) are good if/when the load goes up. I
> am one of the "I like to know before I have to know (before a
> problem??)" kind of people.
>
> 2) Should I change to the settings in the FAQ even though many of those
> settings are much less than what the current settings are (GENERIC
> kernel). Latest server (this is a test box to do testing on every
> possible combination I might need- transparent, null cache, diskd,
> aufs,
> different replacement options, different authorization schemes, etc)
> is:
> PIII 933, 512mb, 2x9scsi on FreeBSD 5.2.1. This box has the following
> settings for SYSVSHM (current settings followed by FAQ suggestion):
> SHMSEG=128 (FAQ= 16)
> SHMMNI=192 (FAQ=32)
> SHMMAX=33554432 (FAQ=2097152)
> SHMALL=8194 (FAQ=4096)
>
> I'll eventually blow the config away and load SuSE Enterprise server on
> it (then learn how to optimize a Linux server). There seems to be more
> information about settings for Squid+Linux.
>
> Thanks for any light you may be able to shed on this.
>
Received on Wed Jul 07 2004 - 15:40:55 MDT