What if the squid cache is stored on the "/" partition? Wouldn't that be a hideous mistake to set "/" to 'noatime' ? Tim Rainier Information Services, Kalsec, INC trainier@xxxxxxxxxx Henrik Nordstrom <hno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 10/11/2005 10:07:21 AM: > On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 trainier@xxxxxxxxxx wrote: > > > This is more of a filesystem question, then it is an operating > > system/distro question. > > Based on my research, the benchmarks on the web claim ReiserFS to provide > > up to 15-20% faster results. > > > > I've not had any time to do any benchmarking. My cache is currently > > running on an ext3 partition running > > under SLES8 SP3 > > Regardless of which filesystem you select the most important tuning aspect > for filesystem performance for Squid (after selection of hardware) is the > noatime mount option. > > A more complete list, in priority order: > > 1. Amount of memory available > > 2. Number of harddrives used for cache > > 3. noatime mount option > > 4. type of filesystem (except for a few really bad choices). > > > On systems with syncronous directory updates (Solaris, some BSD versions) > > 1.5 Mount option to enable asyncronous directory updates, or preferably > a filesystem meta journal on a separate device taking the heat of > directory updates. > > Regards > Henrik
