Re: [squid-users] More than 2 GB cache_mem

On 11.05 11:48, Eckart.Hofmann@gad.de wrote:
> I got some machines (SUN V440, Solaris 9) with 16 GB of RAM dedicated
> to run Squid (currently 2.5STABLE5).
> So it would be nice to use more than the maximum of "cache_mem 2 GB",
> which is the default when using the "vanilla" source.
> But my researches (squid mailing list archives, Squid FAQ, Web,
> groups.google.com) failed.
> Unfortunately Idon't have enough experiences with C to understand
> the sources of squid to decide where to change one (or more?)
> parameters to overcome the 2 GB border.

if squid uses 'int' for size of cache_mem and 'int' on that HW/OS is
32-bit (which is still quite common even on 64bit machines), I'm afraid
you'll be unable to do that...

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