>
> Hi,
>
> I understand that the size of the physical RAM has to be
> proportional to the
> total harddisk cache size. Supposing I have
>
> unlimited physical RAM,
>
>
> 1) What is the recommended size of 1 physical harddisk for
> each server (each
> server can have sda, sdb etc...). The reason I
>
> am asking this is that I am concern that the bigger a disk
> is, the longer
> squid needs to get an object out of it.
>
> I am currently using a U320 SCSI disk of 10KRPM, size 73GB.
> It is being
> partitioned into 4 smaller partition of 17GB each.
>
> Performace is within expectation, but I am wondering if
> reparttioning it
> into smaller sizes would give better yield. On the
>
> other hand, the disk has a fixed number of head, so would it
> even help?
>
> 2) In term of performance only, is a 100GB harddisk better
> (partitioned into
> 5 20GB partitioned) or 5 20GB harddisks better.
>
The multiple spindles solution would be better, as SQUID's performance
highly depends on (reduced) seek time(s).
M.
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