Re: [squid-users] Which the best OS for Squid?

First off, there's no possible way my cache would "fill" the '/'
partition. There's a cache size directive in squid that's designed to
limit the amount of disk space usage.
Not to mention the fact that I have a utility script that runs every 15
minutes, which pages me if partitions are >= to 90% their capacity. I
mean, honestly, who would run a 146GB cache?

Second off, it's a performance thing. The fact is, the box and the web
run quite fine. This was a test server that was thrown into production
because it works.
My plans to upgrade the device are set, I'm just trying to find the time
to do them. :-)

Thirdly, can someone PLEASE answer my question about setting "/" to
'noatime', as opposed to avoiding it by telling me how and why what I'm
doing
is stupid?

Once again, are there pitfalls to having '/' set to 'noatime'?

:-)

Tim Rainier
Information Services, Kalsec, INC
trainier@kalsec.com

"Joost de Heer" <sanguis@xs4all.nl>
10/11/2005 05:07 PM
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Re: [squid-users] Which the best OS for Squid?

trainier@kalsec.com said:
> What if the squid cache is stored on the "/" partition?

That's a bad idea. Your cache could potentially fill up the root
partition.

> Wouldn't that be a hideous mistake to set "/" to 'noatime' ?

Wouldn't it be a hideous mistake to put the cache on the same partition as
"/"?

Joost
Received on Tue Oct 11 2005 - 15:23:26 MDT