Re: [PATCH] [RFC] squid.conf defaults

Alex Rousskov wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 01:16 +1200, Amos Jeffries wrote:
>> Following the cleanup of squid.conf to minimal config here is a patch
>> which modifies the remaining defaults to make their explicit
>> configuration unnecessary.
>
>> This one I think is good but want other opinions.
>> cache_dir default to no disk cache.
>>
>> Our old default was insufficient for many uses and I couldn't be
>> bothered investigating a good one.
>
> I agree that disk caching should be disabled by default at least until
> we have a nearly-universal store.
>
>> maximum_object_size_in_memory - boosted to 512KB.
>> Update to at least 64KB was needed anyway to match modern web traffic.
>> Picked 512KB to maximize HIT with new default cache above.
>
> Should we increase the default memory cache size as well then?
>

Oh yes, that was the one I forgot. thanks.

Amos

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