From: Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Squid for cache storage both reads and writes in fixed discrete 4096 byte
> chunks to random files in the cache in random sequence. COSS is the only
> exception so far. It reads/writes in MB chunks.
> JBOD is best, on fast disks.
Yes but, as long as squid does not handle disk crashes gracefully, I am stuck with RAID...
From: Marcus Kool <marcus.kool@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Stripes need be be larger than the average object size to have
> concurrent access to more than one object at the same time.
> The *average* objects size is 13 KB so to be on the safe side
> I would use a stripe size of 32K or more.
> The optimal size also depends on the file system type that you use.
So, I guess a big stripe (our average object sizes are 1.5M for one cache and 70K for another) would be better to minimize the seeks...
Thx to both,
JD
