Hi Amos,
I am willing to supply benchmarking data for 6 different deployments configured as forward proxies on a regular basis. Where should I submit the records and currently we are using 2.7, 2.6 and I should be able to get some 3.x data as well?
Thanks,
Quin
--- On Fri, 4/3/09, Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Squid Scalability
> To: "Sunny Bhatheja" <opensource.linux4e@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, April 3, 2009, 10:06 AM
> Sunny Bhatheja wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have the following configuration
> of my Hardware. So can any one suggest me that how much I
> can scale my Squid in terms of users.
> >
> > 1) Sun Fire system
> x4450
> >
> > 2) Quad Cord
> >
> > 3) 64 GB RAM
> >
> > 4) 146x4 GB HDD
> >
> > I am using squid 2.6 STABLE4 that is bundled with RHEL
> 5.2
>
> Despite many years of asking, few people have ever supplied
> the squid project with relevant benchmarking info. We depend
> on volunteers so there are no hard numbers available
> publicly yet.
>
> req/sec scales into thousands on modern hardware. It
> depends on what modes you run squid as (forward/reverse have
> vastly different maximums), how high the hit-ratios are and
> how many req/sec each user makes.
>
> To scale higher you will need a newer Squid than
> 2.6.stable6.
>
> Amos
> -- Please be using
> Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE6 or 3.0.STABLE13
> Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.6
>
