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Posted to users@trafficserver.apache.org by Jack Bates <du...@nottheoilrig.com> on 2012/11/04 10:08:48 UTC
Hardware advice for small site in East Africa
We're looking to upgrade our Apache Traffic Server hardware, here at a
village in rural East Africa [1], and I wonder if other Traffic Server
users or developers have any input or advice?
We're currently running Traffic Server on a dedicated EeeBox B202
machine, with an Intel Atom N270 processor (32-bit) and 1 GB of RAM, and
recently we had some trouble with integer overflow and running out of
memory, when we connected a 3 TB drive. We're now experimenting with
different values of proxy.config.cache.min_average_object_size and
proxy.config.cache.ram_cache.size, to work around this (thanks a lot
James Peach for your support with this, I will update TS-1528 with the
results), but Traffic Server performance is predictably bad, and in the
long term we probably want to upgrade to 64-bit hardware with at least 4
GB of RAM?
We have a 1 Mbps internet connection, and about 300 computers. Are there
any additional specs we should consider when shopping for new hardware?
A nice thing about the EeeBox is that we have a bunch of spare units on
hand. When hardware breaks, there isn't always the technical capacity to
open, diagnose, and repair it, or replacement parts aren't cost
effective, or the repaired equipment works unreliably. So finding new
hardware that's also cheap, integrated, and widely available would be
ideal. Low(ish) power consumption would be a bonus.
[1] http://asyv.org/
Re: Hardware advice for small site in East Africa
Posted by Leif Hedstrom <zw...@apache.org>.
On 11/9/12 9:21 AM, Damian Mendoza wrote:
> 4 year old Dual Core Servers.. Whitebox Intel servers with Intel
> Motherboards, 8GB of memory - We have run 8,000 workstations on one Traffic
> Server proxy at times. We could not do that with Squid as it was limited to
> 2,000 workstations performace peeked.
Neat! You should blog post that, so we can tweet it ;).
-- Leif
RE: Hardware advice for small site in East Africa
Posted by Damian Mendoza <da...@exceleratesoftware.com>.
4 year old Dual Core Servers.. Whitebox Intel servers with Intel
Motherboards, 8GB of memory - We have run 8,000 workstations on one Traffic
Server proxy at times. We could not do that with Squid as it was limited to
2,000 workstations performace peeked.
Damian Mendoza
Excelerate Software, Inc.
949 218-3337
Ask me how to "Monetize your WebSite and Search experience" to generate
money for your organization.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Bates [mailto:duhapa@nottheoilrig.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2012 11:58 PM
To: users@trafficserver.apache.org
Subject: Re: Hardware advice for small site in East Africa
Hi Damian and thanks! Besides 64-bit and SSD drives, are there any other
specs that you'd advise when shopping for new hardware for Traffic Server?
Can you tell me a bit more about your machines? Did you build them from
parts, or are they particular systems? Ideally we're looking for hardware
that's cheap, integrated, and widely available, but also has specs
appropriate for running Traffic Server at a small site.
On 04/11/12 07:37 AM, Damian Mendoza wrote:
> We run Traffic Server on SSD drives (64bit CENTOS) for my customer -
> 8,000 computers behind a couple of Traffic Server proxies - no problem
> with performance.
>
>
>
> Damian Mendoza
> Excelerate Software, Inc.
> 949 218-3337
> Ask me how to "Monetize your WebSite and Search experience" to
> generate money for your organization.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Bates [mailto:duhapa@nottheoilrig.com]
> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 1:09 AM
> To: users@trafficserver.apache.org
> Subject: Hardware advice for small site in East Africa
>
> We're looking to upgrade our Apache Traffic Server hardware, here at a
> village in rural East Africa [1], and I wonder if other Traffic Server
> users or developers have any input or advice?
>
> We're currently running Traffic Server on a dedicated EeeBox B202
> machine, with an Intel Atom N270 processor (32-bit) and 1 GB of RAM,
> and recently we had some trouble with integer overflow and running out
> of memory, when we connected a 3 TB drive. We're now experimenting
> with different values of proxy.config.cache.min_average_object_size
> and proxy.config.cache.ram_cache.size, to work around this (thanks a
> lot James Peach for your support with this, I will update TS-1528 with
> the results), but Traffic Server performance is predictably bad, and
> in the long term we probably want to upgrade to 64-bit hardware with at
least 4 GB of RAM?
>
> We have a 1 Mbps internet connection, and about 300 computers. Are
> there any additional specs we should consider when shopping for new
hardware?
>
> A nice thing about the EeeBox is that we have a bunch of spare units
> on hand. When hardware breaks, there isn't always the technical
> capacity to open, diagnose, and repair it, or replacement parts aren't
> cost effective, or the repaired equipment works unreliably. So finding
> new hardware that's also cheap, integrated, and widely available would
> be ideal. Low(ish) power consumption would be a bonus.
>
> [1] http://asyv.org/
Re: Hardware advice for small site in East Africa
Posted by Jack Bates <du...@nottheoilrig.com>.
Hi Damian and thanks! Besides 64-bit and SSD drives, are there any other
specs that you'd advise when shopping for new hardware for Traffic Server?
Can you tell me a bit more about your machines? Did you build them from
parts, or are they particular systems? Ideally we're looking for
hardware that's cheap, integrated, and widely available, but also has
specs appropriate for running Traffic Server at a small site.
On 04/11/12 07:37 AM, Damian Mendoza wrote:
> We run Traffic Server on SSD drives (64bit CENTOS) for my customer - 8,000
> computers behind a couple of Traffic Server proxies - no problem with
> performance.
>
>
>
> Damian Mendoza
> Excelerate Software, Inc.
> 949 218-3337
> Ask me how to "Monetize your WebSite and Search experience" to generate
> money for your organization.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jack Bates [mailto:duhapa@nottheoilrig.com]
> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 1:09 AM
> To: users@trafficserver.apache.org
> Subject: Hardware advice for small site in East Africa
>
> We're looking to upgrade our Apache Traffic Server hardware, here at a
> village in rural East Africa [1], and I wonder if other Traffic Server users
> or developers have any input or advice?
>
> We're currently running Traffic Server on a dedicated EeeBox B202 machine,
> with an Intel Atom N270 processor (32-bit) and 1 GB of RAM, and recently we
> had some trouble with integer overflow and running out of memory, when we
> connected a 3 TB drive. We're now experimenting with different values of
> proxy.config.cache.min_average_object_size and
> proxy.config.cache.ram_cache.size, to work around this (thanks a lot James
> Peach for your support with this, I will update TS-1528 with the results),
> but Traffic Server performance is predictably bad, and in the long term we
> probably want to upgrade to 64-bit hardware with at least 4 GB of RAM?
>
> We have a 1 Mbps internet connection, and about 300 computers. Are there any
> additional specs we should consider when shopping for new hardware?
>
> A nice thing about the EeeBox is that we have a bunch of spare units on
> hand. When hardware breaks, there isn't always the technical capacity to
> open, diagnose, and repair it, or replacement parts aren't cost effective,
> or the repaired equipment works unreliably. So finding new hardware that's
> also cheap, integrated, and widely available would be ideal. Low(ish) power
> consumption would be a bonus.
>
> [1] http://asyv.org/
RE: Hardware advice for small site in East Africa
Posted by Damian Mendoza <da...@exceleratesoftware.com>.
We run Traffic Server on SSD drives (64bit CENTOS) for my customer - 8,000
computers behind a couple of Traffic Server proxies - no problem with
performance.
Damian Mendoza
Excelerate Software, Inc.
949 218-3337
Ask me how to "Monetize your WebSite and Search experience" to generate
money for your organization.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jack Bates [mailto:duhapa@nottheoilrig.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 1:09 AM
To: users@trafficserver.apache.org
Subject: Hardware advice for small site in East Africa
We're looking to upgrade our Apache Traffic Server hardware, here at a
village in rural East Africa [1], and I wonder if other Traffic Server users
or developers have any input or advice?
We're currently running Traffic Server on a dedicated EeeBox B202 machine,
with an Intel Atom N270 processor (32-bit) and 1 GB of RAM, and recently we
had some trouble with integer overflow and running out of memory, when we
connected a 3 TB drive. We're now experimenting with different values of
proxy.config.cache.min_average_object_size and
proxy.config.cache.ram_cache.size, to work around this (thanks a lot James
Peach for your support with this, I will update TS-1528 with the results),
but Traffic Server performance is predictably bad, and in the long term we
probably want to upgrade to 64-bit hardware with at least 4 GB of RAM?
We have a 1 Mbps internet connection, and about 300 computers. Are there any
additional specs we should consider when shopping for new hardware?
A nice thing about the EeeBox is that we have a bunch of spare units on
hand. When hardware breaks, there isn't always the technical capacity to
open, diagnose, and repair it, or replacement parts aren't cost effective,
or the repaired equipment works unreliably. So finding new hardware that's
also cheap, integrated, and widely available would be ideal. Low(ish) power
consumption would be a bonus.
[1] http://asyv.org/
Re: Hardware advice for small site in East Africa
Posted by James Peach <jp...@apache.org>.
On 04/11/2012, at 1:08 AM, Jack Bates <du...@nottheoilrig.com> wrote:
> We're looking to upgrade our Apache Traffic Server hardware, here at a village in rural East Africa [1], and I wonder if other Traffic Server users or developers have any input or advice?
>
> We're currently running Traffic Server on a dedicated EeeBox B202 machine, with an Intel Atom N270 processor (32-bit) and 1 GB of RAM, and recently we had some trouble with integer overflow and running out of memory, when we connected a 3 TB drive. We're now experimenting with different values of proxy.config.cache.min_average_object_size and proxy.config.cache.ram_cache.size, to work around this (thanks a lot James Peach for your support with this, I will update TS-1528 with the results), but Traffic Server performance is predictably bad, and in the long term we probably want to upgrade to 64-bit hardware with at least 4 GB of RAM?
64bit for sure.
>
> We have a 1 Mbps internet connection, and about 300 computers. Are there any additional specs we should consider when shopping for new hardware?
>
> A nice thing about the EeeBox is that we have a bunch of spare units on hand. When hardware breaks, there isn't always the technical capacity to open, diagnose, and repair it, or replacement parts aren't cost effective, or the repaired equipment works unreliably. So finding new hardware that's also cheap, integrated, and widely available would be ideal. Low(ish) power consumption would be a bonus.
>
> [1] http://asyv.org/