> On tor, 2008-07-03 at 12:04 +0800, Roy M. wrote: > >> We are planning to replace this testing server with two or three >> cheaper 1U servers (sort of redundancy!) >> >> Intel Dual Core or Quad Core CPU x1 (no SMP) > > Squid uses only one core, so rather Dual core than Quad... > I am not understanding why you keep suggesting single core as preferred cpu even if squid's core is actually not multi-thread capable a faster cpu is better - there are also other things running on a machine so a smp machine ever is a benefit to overall performance modern OS also should give squid's aufs threading benefits but I am not totally sure about your design here but at least diskd when running several diskd processes is getting benefits from multicore cpus - and a lot and if you do not believe it set up squid/disk on a 8-core machine and compare with 1|2|4|8 or more diskds to your single-core-cpu-thing and measure it, in fact you do not even measure it, you can see it and smell it ... and at the buttom line more power more performance so there is no way a single core runs faster than a dual or quad core on a modern OS, not even get close to it michel **************************************************** Tecnologia Internet Matik http://info.matik.com.br Sistemas Wireless para o Provedor Banda Larga Hospedagem e Email personalizado - e claro, no Brasil. ****************************************************
