From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 17 15:51:46 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D8711065675 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:51:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Johan@double-l.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.24]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ADC478FC1E for ; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:51:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Johan@double-l.nl) Received: from w2003s01.double-l.local (dpm.xs4all.nl [80.126.205.144]) by smtp-vbr4.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id m2HFpVcT025822; Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:51:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from Johan@double-l.nl) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-class: urn:content-classes:message X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 16:51:30 +0100 Message-ID: <57200BF94E69E54880C9BB1AF714BBCB5DDCA8@w2003s01.double-l.local> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Does softupdate help squid ? thread-index: AciIRmZUutKwh0YjQQGUBv00RgHNrwAAC1yw References: <47DE312E.2030209@esiee.fr> From: "Johan Hendriks" To: "Christopher Sean Hilton" X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: RE: Does softupdate help squid ? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 15:51:46 -0000 Squid is a forward proxy whereas varnish is just a reverse proxy So you can not use it for for lan to wan proxy! Regards, Johan -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org] Namens Christopher Sean Hilton Verzonden: maandag 17 maart 2008 12:41 Aan: Frank Bonnet Onderwerp: Re: Does softupdate help squid ? On Mar 17, 2008, at 4:51 AM, Frank Bonnet wrote: > Hello > > I'm setting up a squid cache (3.0.2) machine FreeBSD 7.0 based and I =20 > wonder > if softupdates could help (make it faster ) or not the cache =20 > partition ? > I can't imagine that it would hurt. Last I looked though squid may not =20 be the best tool for this job. Poul Henning-Kamp has written an http =20 accelerator called varnish. I'll start by saying that implementing varnish is on list of things to =20 do so my experience is purely anecdotal. No that I've said that, the =20 feature that grabbed my attention was the fact that it's written to =20 modern unix. If I understand what I read correctly this means that =20 varnish eschews squids separation of the cache into a fast cache in =20 memory and a slow cache on disk. Instead varnish uses a big memory =20 mapped file allowing the operating system to manage which cache =20 objects are in memory and which ones are on disk. On FreeBSD at least =20 that would seem to me to be a bigger performance win than softupdates. -- Chris _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"