On 12.10 14:13, TBUSHART@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Can anyone help and make any recommendations from their experiences for > hardware requirements for a new install of two LVS Load balancers > forwarding to two Squid Real Servers. I?ve got the LVS servers in > place, but for the squid boxes, > should I use multiple hard drives with > Raid 5 or Mirror two 15K SCSI drives, no! if RAID, only RAID1 (mirror), if you can afford it, read more on: http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-3.html#ss3.11 Raid 1, 2 146GB 15k SCSI Mirrored Drives for OS and Logs, and two partitions for cachedir's.. could I get away with: cache_dir diskd /cache1 32000 16 256 cache_dir diskd /cache2 32000 16 256 (Each partition will be 64GB, only use 32GB for cache on each partition) 3GB Memory Single 3.4Ghz Xeon CPU - Two identical Squid Servers cache_peers 600 users could be browsing the web at any given time is what I was trying to say. Used for basic web browsing Recommendations call for one cache_dir per disk, but if you have two disks mirrored RAID1, does that mean use a single cache_dir.... or will two cache_dirs suffice?... because the larger the cache_dir the more memory used... Currently in production we have two squid servers - pentium III's 1.5GHZ's raid 5 (3 76GB Drives) with 4 cache_dirs...Only about a 1-2 second delay before a web page is brought up This is with cache_peer parents that are new McAfee webshield web scanners, and 2 new DNS servers that receive about 20 queries/sec. This was inherited from someone that left the company. We have to upgrade and want to make sure performance increases with new hardware and doesn't decrease. I read somewhere some guy upgraded his squid system with new hardware and his users started complaining that the web slowed down, I trying not to be that guy, and I'm reading alot...www.squid-cache.org -----Original Message----- From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas [mailto:uhlar@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 5:08 PM To: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Hardware Recommendations On 12.10 14:13, TBUSHART@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Can anyone help and make any recommendations from their experiences for > hardware requirements for a new install of two LVS Load balancers > forwarding to two Squid Real Servers. I?ve got the LVS servers in > place, but for the squid boxes, > should I use multiple hard drives with > Raid 5 or Mirror two 15K SCSI drives, no! if RAID, only RAID1 (mirror), if you can afford it, read more on: http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-3.html#ss3.11 > and should I be ok with a single cpu in each? I?m thinking each squid > device will be an hp dl360G4 with a Xeon 3.4GHZ/800MHZ. this highly depends on their usage, on ammount and type of data transferred. > I need about 60 GB of cache space. My cache dir > lines will read: > cache_dir diskd /cache1 16384 16 256 > cache_dir diskd /cache2 16384 16 256 > cache_dir diskd /cache3 16384 16 256 > cache_dir diskd /cache4 16384 16 256 eh? first you should know what disk drives you will have, THEN configure cache_dirs on them, one on each cache_dir. For cache_dir size, read: http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ.html#toc4.14 > I?m also thinking 3GB RAM in each Squid Box. This system will support > about 600 connections to the internet at any given time. (~300 > connections per squid server after the LVS load balances outgoing web > connections) I?ve read a few write-ups on the web but I figured I > would ask the experts! those servers might be able to process 600 requests per second. the number of connections tells nothing. one browser can have 8 idle connections to squid... -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uhlar@xxxxxxxxxxx ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Posli tento mail 100 svojim znamim - nech vidia aky si idiot Send this email to 100 your friends - let them see what an idiot you are
