RE: [squid-users] Which the best OS for Squid?

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> From: trainier@kalsec.com [mailto:trainier@kalsec.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2005 1:20 PM
> To: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] Which the best OS for Squid?
>
>
> First off, there's no possible way my cache would "fill" the '/'
> partition. There's a cache size directive in squid that's
> designed to
> limit the amount of disk space usage.
> Not to mention the fact that I have a utility script that
> runs every 15
> minutes, which pages me if partitions are >= to 90% their
> capacity. I
> mean, honestly, who would run a 146GB cache?
>
> Second off, it's a performance thing. The fact is, the box
> and the web
> run quite fine. This was a test server that was thrown into
> production
> because it works.
> My plans to upgrade the device are set, I'm just trying to
> find the time
> to do them. :-)
>
> Thirdly, can someone PLEASE answer my question about setting "/" to
> 'noatime', as opposed to avoiding it by telling me how and
> why what I'm
> doing
> is stupid?
>
> Once again, are there pitfalls to having '/' set to 'noatime'?
>
> :-)
>
> Tim Rainier
> Information Services, Kalsec, INC
> trainier@kalsec.com
>
>

Simple solutions: don't set noatime in fstab. Just set it for the cache dir. http://www.faqs.org/docs/securing/chap6sec73.html

As for pitfalls, I don't really see any outside of forensics. All the atime option does is keep track of when a file is read (accessed).

Chris
Received on Tue Oct 11 2005 - 16:09:57 MDT