Re: [SQU] squid recommended cache and directory size - cache_dir

From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2000 20:16:15 +0200

Lee, Ethan wrote:
>
> thanks for your reply. In this case are u saying for 18GB, i would hv 36 (or
> more) L1 directory but same 256 L2 directory ie. L2 remains unchanged ? how
> would i verify that this is optimum performance.

AFAIK It does not have a very big impact on performance.

If tuning these then it is L2 that is the metric important for
performance. L1 only needs to be big enought to support the number of
objects stored in the cache.

The default L2 value is selected to be reasonable on most UNIX:es with
UFS like directories. If you have some other filesystem where
directories are stored in a smarter way then using a higher L2 value
might be beneficial to make better use of the filesystem enhancements.

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Henrik Nordstrom
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