On Mon, 2006-09-04 at 08:47 +0000, Monty Ree wrote: > But my ab result say, performance is related with CPU intensively. For very simple performance limit test workloads like the ab test you performed yes.. > # ab -k -n 2000 -c 300 some_image_file > kenel 2.6.x , squid 2.6stable3, same network and same config file. > > # opteron 275 dual core > Requests per second: 7604.56 [#/sec] (mean) > > # Xeon 2,8G single > Requests per second: 4597.70 [#/sec] (mean) What kind of setup are you aiming for? The above test is only valid if you are looking into using Squid as a reverse proxy infront of a very small but extremely frequently accessed web site (and I really mean extreme). Regards Henrik