William Stucke wrote:
> Adam Aube said: -
>> The only caution about RAID I have seen is that RAID-5 will kill disk
>> performance with Squid (due to its usage profile)
> How? Why? Please explain. Just because the FAQ says so doesn't make it
> true, or explain why.
Squid makes a large number of random small writes, which is the worst case
performance for RAID-5 (or any other form of RAID that does striping).
I'm paraphrasing Henrik Nordstrom; this has been a common theme in his many
posts to the list on this subject:
http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/200004/0302.html
http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/200006/0458.html
http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/200206/0121.html
http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/200308/0124.html
http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/200311/0925.html
Adam
Received on Mon Nov 29 2004 - 19:33:24 MST
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