Re: [squid-users] Squid Accellerator for CD/DVD ISO Mirror

Thanks, Adrian,

I'm trying the settings changes you have recommended. They now look like:

    cache_mem 200 MB
    maximum_object_size_in_memory 2048 KB

   1. Do you have any recommendations with regard to the number of L1
      and L2 subdirectories for the cache_dir settings?
   2. Should I expect any performance advantages in 2.6, or just easier
      configurability for the way I'm using it? I'm satisfied with my
      current accelerator related settings, and would prefer to use the
      Ubuntu package from a maintenance perspective, if possible.

Cheers,

-Brian

Adrian Chadd wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 13, 2007, Brian Elliott Finley wrote:
>
>
>> I have a tentative squid configuration that includes two local
>> independent 72G disks for cache on each machine, and the following
>> relevant details. I'm pretty sure I'm way off on the object size stuff:
>>
>> cache_mem 1000 MB
>> maximum_object_size 5120000 KB
>> maximum_object_size_in_memory 1024000 KB
>> cache_dir aufs /var/spool/squid/cache1 51200 16 256
>> cache_dir aufs /var/spool/squid/cache2 51200 16 256
>> httpd_accel_host localhost
>> httpd_accel_single_host on
>> httpd_accel_uses_host_header on
>>
>
> Squid will be pretty horrible at caching those large ISOs in memory at the moment.
> Your best bet will be to set cache_mem relatively low (couple hundred megabytes),
> the max obj size in memory being low (megabyte or two); and rely on OS disk caching.
>
> Use Squid-2.6; and read the release notes and FAQ for the directive changes.
> That replaces the httpd_* lines above that were used for squid-2.5 and earlier.
>
>
>
> Adrian
>
>

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