Thought of sharing my new setup based on your help and some more research and testing (Read the topic of this thread for my Hard Ware and setup): visible_hostname XXXXXXX cache_mgr XXXXXXX unique_hostname XXXXXXX http_port 80 transparent tproxy tcp_outgoing_address XXXXXXX via off forwarded_for off cache_mem 3072 MB snmp_port 3401 cache_replacement_policy heap LFUDA memory_replacement_policy heap GDSF cache_dir aufs /CACHE1 61440 16 256 cache_dir aufs /CACHE2 61440 16 256 cache_dir aufs /CACHE3 61440 16 256 logfile_rotate 24 access_log /var/log/squid/access.log cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log cache_store_log none fqdncache_size 51200 ipcache_size 51200 pipeline_prefetch on shutdown_lifetime 1 second read_ahead_gap 2 KB maximum_object_size 720 MB maximum_object_size_in_memory 128 KB cache_swap_high 90 cache_swap_low 80 half_closed_clients off quick_abort_min 0 KB client_db off buffered_logs on positive_dns_ttl 24 hours negative_dns_ttl 10 seconds request_timeout 40 seconds connect_timeout 40 seconds pconn_timeout 40 seconds #ie_refresh on #dns_children 10 dns_nameservers XXXXXX XXXXXX emulate_httpd_log off log_ip_on_direct on debug_options ALL, 5 pid_filename /var/run/squid.pid in /etc/fstab /dev/sdb1 /CACHE1 reiserfs notail,noatime 0 0 /dev/sdc1 /CACHE2 reiserfs notail,noatime 0 0 /dev/sdd1 /CACHE3 reiserfs notail,noatime 0 0 #!/bin/sh iptables -t tproxy -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j TPROXY --on-port 80 echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_nonlocal_bind echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/all/rp_filter echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_low_latency echo 1024 65535 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range echo 262144 > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_default echo 262144 > /proc/sys/net/core/rmem_max echo 262144 > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_default echo 262144 > /proc/sys/net/core/wmem_max echo 4096 87380 8388608 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_rmem echo 4096 87380 8388608 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_wmem echo 102400 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_max_syn_backlog echo 4000 > /proc/sys/net/core/netdev_max_backlog echo 1000000 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max echo 1000000 > /proc/sys/fs/file-max ulimit -HSn 1000000 /etc/init.d/squid stop /etc/init.d/squid start Adrian Chadd wrote: > On Mon, Oct 15, 2007, Tek Bahadur Limbu wrote: > > >>> I've read almost every single thread on Optimizing Squid and Linux and >>> want to share my setup with you. >>> I do have some questions, clarifications and bugs but overall the >>> performance is pretty impressive. (Yes, much better than the NetApps) >>> >> Great news to hear that Squid is beating NetCache! >> > > Its not. Modern devices beat squid hands down. > > > > > Adrian > >