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

(((cachedir-size-KB/avg cache obj size -KB)/256)/256)*2= L1 dir. (L2
will always 256)

you can punch that in google ;)

mike

At 12:00 PM 4/13/2007, Brian Elliott Finley wrote:
>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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>Brian Elliott Finley
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Received on Fri Apr 13 2007 - 13:56:52 MDT