[KLUG Members] Considering limited ReiserFS usage for Squid filesystem

Adam Williams members@kalamazoolinux.org
03 Sep 2001 09:24:59 -0400


>Given the average 45-60 start-up time for Squid at boot, I don't see
>an issue with the time involved in doing the extra steps before it. 
>It would also eliminate any issues with improper shutdown and added
>fsck times as well -- especially when any manual resolution may
>result.
>As such, I have the following questions:
>1.  What kind of performance differentially while I have in using
>ReiserFS versus Ext2 for Squid?

http://www.swelltech.com/pengies/joe/squidtuneup/t1.html

The above document state the gain is about 20%.  I switch the Reisderfs
for my squid cache based upon the above document.  While I haven't
measured the change,  it is certainly noticable.