On 10.08.10 11:17, Tony Mallin wrote: > I'm using squid in a 200 user environment, processing approximately 50GB > of traffic per day. > > Setup: > > ESXi host, VM with 2 vCPUs assigned, 2gb ram, 40GB hdd space (stored on a > SANS, speed shouldn’t be an issue) The cache should reside on local disk, not on network disk. otherwise forget about the disk cache and use memory-only. However it takes much memory (which is still good to have of course) > For the traffic and setup I have, is lowering this, to say, 25000 64 255 > safe to do? Would there be any benefit to having it on a separate drive? > Does bigger cache equal better performance in the long run? bigger cache tends to give better hit ratio. the cache should be on separate disk to have good performance. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, uhlar@xxxxxxxxxxx ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. There's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 architecture that allows you to install Windows. -- Matthew D. Fuller
