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

2008/6/11 Henrik Nordstrom <henrik_at_henriknordstrom.net>:
> 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.

Thanks for that. For some reason I'm not surprised it's complicated!
In any case, the site is now so fast (and doesn't cache things it
shouldn't) with squid that changing anything seems so pointless. We do
indeed have the situation you mention, so I'll keep it up where it is!
Cheers
Anton

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