Re: [squid-users] cache_mem or let the kernel handle it?

On tis, 2008-06-10 at 10:18 +0200, Anton Melser wrote:

> When going through mod_cache before finally coming back to squid, they
> talk about the fact that it can actually be better to use a disk cache
> than a mem cache. The reason being that the kernel caches files, and
> does so very well...

For Squid it's a complex equation, but if your site is mostly small
objects (max some hundreds KB) and of reasonably limited size then
boosting up cache_mem is a benefit.

Regards
Henrik