RE: [squid-users] Multiple disk cache

On Thu, 2002-11-28 at 20:08, Wong, Sherman wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> I am curious to know what will the consequence if we use this config (overly
> defined dir
> and too less ram - cos I am using the more or less the same config ;->
> without enough hardware support ??
>
> Will it crash the server while run out of disk space to hold all the
> object...?
>

It will go unbelieveably slow. You'll start thrashing, you'll get users
complaining about performance being slower than a modem. Really, TRUST
THE FAQ.

> Or shall we match the two figures to always have enough ram and disk space
> for the
> configuration ??

ALWAYS.
Rob