[KLUG Members] LVM and squid

[Tony Gettig]

On Wed, 2005-03-02 at 10:15 -0500, Adam Tauno Williams wrote:
> > I'm configuring a squid box for a rather large install. I have a
> > separate 72 GB drive to use for caching and logging. I'm thinking of
> > using LVM to manage the space on this new drive. Start out with a
> > smaller a cache and grow it if I need to. Same thing with logs. Is there
> > any reason not to use LVM for this? 
> 
> No, there is never a reason not to use LVM.  Linux is one of the very
> few operating systems where you have an option not to use LVM (it is
> just part of WinY2k, AIX, etc...)

Super. That's what I was hoping to read. :)

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> > This box will service a lot of users (>3,000
> > surfing clients), so performance is definitely a factor. Thanks in
> > advance for any pointers.
> 
> Don't forget to set noatime on your logging and cache filesystems, and
> disable fsync() for syslog.  Those simple tweaks will give you more bang
> than anything else.  Might also help to try fiddling with FIN ACK wait
> times if you see netstat -ap getting really really long waiting for IE
> to drop connections.

Excellent. That's the kind of stuff I'm looking for. Thanks a ton.