Re: [squid-users] Cache Size Limitation

On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:

> On 29.03 10:36, trainier@kalsec.com wrote:
> > 32-bit Architecture. What would you suggest cache_mem to be on a system
> > with 1 gig of ram?
>
> Ah! if you only have 1 gig of RAM, you really shouldn't set cache_mem to
> more...

Regarding cache_mem: (from squid.conf documentation)

        NOTE: THIS PARAMETER DOES NOT SPECIFY THE MAXIMUM PROCESS SIZE.
        IT ONLY PLACES A LIMIT ON HOW MUCH ADDITIONAL MEMORY SQUID WILL
        USE AS A MEMORY CACHE OF OBJECTS. SQUID USES MEMORY FOR OTHER
        THINGS AS WELL. SEE THE SQUID FAQ SECTION 8 FOR DETAILS.

Generally speaking, for a Internet proxy there is very limited value of
setting cache_mem much larger than maybe 32 MB.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Tue Mar 30 2004 - 06:37:54 MST