dnsserver tunning question (was: Re: newbie needs help)

Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
>
> Tony_Melia@Dell.com wrote:
>
> > I'm no expert, but you are only using 32M of your ram for the proxy. If
> > this is a dedicated proxy server, increase the amount dedicated to caching.
> > Squid apparently useds up to 3 times the amount you specifiy, so change
> > cache_mem 32 MB to about 150M.
>
> That is a very bad advice I would say. What it does it to increase
> Squids memory usage by 120MB, most likely totally killing the
> performance of the box by swapping.
>
> The amount you specify in cache_mem is in addition to the memory Squid
> needs for maintaining the cache, not a limit of the total memory usage.
> See the Squid FAQ for details.
>
> My recommended setting for cache_mem is usually 4 to 32MB depending on
> server size and bandwidth. If you have a small machine then set it as
> low as 2MB.
>
> --
> Henrik Nordstrom
> Squid hacker

Hello,

I,m Ertan. I take your suggest. And here is another question.

I have dial-up connection. Speed chages between 33-45k (our phone lines
are not good). My clients are fairy small (about 25) and how many dns
children do you recommend to use?

Regards,

-- 
Ertan Kucukoglu
ertank@ozlerplastik.com