RE: [squid-users] Squid and RAID

I presume the FAQ refers to the cache drives and not the OS drives
(assuming they are seprate drives)?

-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Elsen [mailto:mark.elsen@gmail.com]
Sent: 16 May 2006 09:27 AM
To: Paolo Biancolli
Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
Subject: Re: [squid-users] Squid and RAID

> Hi,
>
> I read in a passed thread that running squid on a box with raid
> negatively affects performance of squid. Is this true for raid 5 as
> well as raid 0 ? The plan, if we decide to use raid, is to use 2 disks

> with raid 0 for OS (FC5) and have one disk with reiser fs for cache.
> Is this recommended or should we stay away from raid altogether?

 http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-3.html#ss3.11
>
> What is the recommended amount of RAM required if we use a 72GB cache
> or alternatively a 144GB cache?

This too, (relationship between cache size and mem. requirements) is
described in the FAQ.

M.

>
> Many thanks
>
> Paolo Biancolli
>
Received on Tue May 16 2006 - 01:54:18 MDT