Re: [squid-users] Performance Tuning - Transparent Cache

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Duane Wessels wrote:

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> On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Babak Farrokhi wrote:
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> > Hi,
> >
> > I implemented a transparent cache using squid-2.4.stable on FreeBSD 4.2.
> > (IPFW for transparency, BIND for DNS Caching, softupdates).
> > I also used diskd for better performance.
> > But when I compare is to a cobalt cache appliance or other commercial
> > appliances, it has a short latency to serve objects. When I disable the
> > cache in my network, I get a better response time. MRTG shows a very nice
> > service time.
> > Using a cobalt cache, I get the whole webpage very fast. But behind my
> > squid box, it's slower. especially when I use it as transparent (in
> > tradiotional mode, it's faster).
> > Did I miss any trick to tune-up my cache? Has anyone such experience with
> > this thing?
>
> If the difference in latency is about 200msec, then you might
> have TCP delayed acks on the squid box?
>
> Duan eW.
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>

Nope, I turned off that option. But my cache is not as fast a cobalt. It
takes time to fetch a page (that I know it's cached). But behind a cobalt,
I get webpages in a second.

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Babak Farrokhi