Squid on DECUnix (was Stop - Start...)

On Mon, 16 Feb 1998, Dancer wrote:

> Once a Digital Unix box hits a certain mark of open filedescriptors (across
> all processes), then it suddenly seems to start thrashing somewhere deep down.
> I've had the number 1800 quoted at me, but it could be lower or higher for
> some configurations.

Am I right in thinking that this makes the VM versions of squid preferable
to NOVM on DigitalUNIX systems ? I seem to recall that NOVM trades less
RAM usage for more open file descriptors ? If so, then I can cross off
"investigate squid.NOVM" from my todo list.

Thanks for any confirmation,
Andrew

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