Re: 1.1.9 <--> NOVM 1.1.9?

On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Garry Glendown wrote:

> Markus Hofmann wrote:
> >
> > Hello!
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what's the difference between the normal squid-version
> > and the novm-version of squid?
>
> If I remember what I read in the Readme, the NOVM uses less RAM, but
> disk files instead (I suppose the name means "No Volatile/Virtual
> Memory"). It uses more fd, though ...

Can anyone comment on performance differences ? Is NOVM as fast as
"VM" if using it for a background cache (i.e. no direct clients ?)

thanks for any input, Markus

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Received on Wed Apr 23 1997 - 03:47:22 MDT