Re: Squid cache dirs and UFS

andrew@swin.edu.au writes:

>My question is this : If I am to rebuild the cache disk(s) as UFS (which is
>supposed to be faster for this type of application), do all the disks
>have to be the same size ?
>
>I have a 4Gb drive now (existing cache) but can scrounge a 2Gb drive to add.
>Is this possible ? Is UFS significantly faster ?

UFS should prove to be faster. Exactly how much I don't know.

With squid-1.1.x, all your 'cache_dir' directories will be treated
equally, so make them the same size. If you have a 4G and a 2G disk,
put two cache_dirs on the 4 and one on the 2.

Duane W.
Received on Tue Apr 15 1997 - 13:27:09 MDT