Jordan Mendelson wrote:
> > Hi squidders,
> >
> > We need some kind of advice, because a customer has requested us a big
> > behemoth of Squid configuration. They requested a configuration capable
> > of handling +800Hits/second on peak times.
>
> The best thing to do for something which requires this much load is either:
>
> a) Go non-intel.. Alpha's are much better suited for higher loads. You can
> buy one from http://www.digital.com if you want to go straight to the
> source, however I'd recommend a place which has Linux or FreeBSD
> preinstalled on it. http://www.linux.org/vendors/systems.html has a list of
> different vendors. Not sure who puts FreeBSD on hardware though.
I'm not sure but alpha pc architecture doen't much differ from intel pc
architecture.
Would you give a bit more explanation about why alpha is better than intel
pc ?
--J
> b) Go with multiple machines and distribute the load.
>
> Jordan
>
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Received on Fri Apr 24 1998 - 22:05:26 MDT
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