Re: [squid-users] Squid with dual processor ..

It will run, but won't make use of the hyperthreading (hyperthreading
is a form of SMP).

Regards
Henrik

On Monday 07 July 2003 04.22, Wei Keong wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Good day. Just wondering if anyone has tried running Squid 2.4/2.5
> on hyperthreaded Intel P4 CPU? Could this be the interim solution?
>
> Rgds,
> Wei Keong
>
> On Sun, 6 Jul 2003, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> > On Sunday 06 July 2003 19.53, Schelstraete Bart wrote:
> > > That's maybe a good suggestion for Squid v3.0..........
> > > multitasking = work with multiple CPU's
> > > That should be something nice, as Squid is almost always used
> > > on servers.......and most server have multiple CPU's.
> >
> > Squid-3.0 will not improve in this aspect. The hope is that
> > Squid-3.0 will be somewhat faster than Squid-2.5, but it sill
> > will use a single CPU thread only.
> >
> > There is much thought going on in how to make Squid SMP
> > scaleable, but so far all ideas requires rather far going changes
> > to the internals of Squid, more than what is practically possible
> > in one development cycle.
> >
> > The Squid internal design is gradually being refined and cleaned
> > up however, and it is not unlikely there at some time will be a
> > SMP capable Squid available, it won't be Squid-3.0 however, and
> > quite likely not Squid-3.1 either (at least not fully).
> >
> > The Squid-3.0 release is selected as a middleground, with a whole
> > lot internal redesign most users won't notice but preparing for
> > the development of more visible news in later releases, combined
> > with a reasonable amount of noticeable new features much asked
> > for.
> >
> > Notice: Very little of the founded work in Squid-3.0 is
> > performance related. Allmost all is functionality related. The
> > performance related work and research has been done almost
> > entirely by individual developers own interest alone.
> >
> > Regards
> > Henrik
Received on Mon Jul 07 2003 - 00:16:30 MDT