Re: an idea about dual cpus

On Mon, Nov 15, 1999 at 05:39:54PM -0700, Dustin Byford wrote:
> Our setup is currently consuming 80% of the cpu (average) with regular
> peaks to 100%. The machine is not io or network bound. So in an effort
> to fix the situation I was thinking about using smp. What does everyone
> think about this.
>
> Run 2 squid processes under different config files/log files/etc. Let
> them use icp to talk to each other through loopback. Give each process
> 2 of the 4 disks. This way each squid process will get scheduled on 1
> cpu. Of course the overhead of icp may be to inefficient. What do you
> think?

  What hardware are you running? Is it the Linux/Pentium combo that I
see in your headers, or is this something else?

  From the discussion I've seen so far on the list, the only sites that
seem to show CPU-bound behavior in squid are those running complex
filters or redirectors. However, some Alpha-based systems with a very
high "tick" rate reportedly showed some odd behaviors.
  -- Clifton

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