Hi, --- Tek Bahadur Limbu <teklimbu@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Are you intending to run a single cache of 500 GB in > size or a couple of > proxy caches amounting to 500 GB in size? > > It's because running a 500 GB cache in a single > machine is going to > cause you problems along the way. Such a large cache > will also be a > little more difficult to maintain compared to a 10 > or 20 GB cache. > > Despite the low cost of hard drives these days, I > would prefer to spread > the disk storage over a couple of squid caches > instead of a single > cache. They can also be configured for > load-balancing later. > > If for some reasons, your cache gets corrupted, it > might take a very > long time to fix it and I am sure that Squid's > median response might > will get higher. > > Anyway, it's just my suggestion. > Now that you have mentioned it I will do some reading on the subject to determine what the optimal disk size should be. May be bigger is not better. Thanks. Solomon.
