need for tcp fine-tuning on heavily used proxy server

Posted by Vijay Gharge on Server Fault See other posts from Server Fault or by Vijay Gharge
Published on 2010-06-05T19:56:47Z Indexed on 2010/06/05 20:02 UTC
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I am using squid like Internet proxy server on RHEL 4 update 6 & 8 with quite heavy load i.e. 8k established connections during peak hour. Without depending much on application provider's expertise I want to achieve maximum o/p from linux. W.r.t. that I have certain questions as following:

How to find out if there is scope for further tcp fine-tuning (without exhausting available resources) as the benchmark values given by vendor looks poor! Is there any parameter value that is available from OS / network stack that will show me the results.
If at all there is scope, how shall I identify & configure OS tcp stack parameters i.e. using sysctl or any specific parameter
Post tuning how shall I clearly measure performance enhancement / degradation ?

need for tcp fine-tuning on heavily used proxy server

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Hi all,

I am using squid like Internet proxy server on RHEL 4 update 6 & 8 with quite heavy load i.e. 8k established connections during peak hour. Without depending much on application provider's expertise I want to achieve maximum o/p from linux. W.r.t. that I have certain questions as following:

How to find out if there is scope for further tcp fine-tuning (without exhausting available resources) as the benchmark values given by vendor looks poor! Is there any parameter value that is available from OS / network stack that will show me the results.
If at all there is scope, how shall I identify & configure OS tcp stack parameters i.e. using sysctl or any specific parameter
Post tuning how shall I clearly measure performance enhancement / degradation ?

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