Re: [squid-users] Long running squid proxy slows way down

From: Gavin McCullagh <gavin.mccullagh_at_gcd.ie>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:11:20 +0100

On Mon, 27 Apr 2009, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:

> On 27.04.09 13:35, Gavin McCullagh wrote:
>
> > I had a similar experience and it turned out to be down to the RAM usage of
> > squid exceeding 3GB (the limit for a process on a 32bit OS). As the cache
> > memory filled up, squid's ram size increased until it restarted, and began
> > filling up again. I reduced the mem_cache size and everything is fine
> > since then.
>
> ... which most probably happens due to oversized cache_mem, not noticing
> it's only about memory cache, not about memory usage:
>
> http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidMemory

Absolutely. I meant cache_mem not mem_cache :-)

Gavin
Received on Mon Apr 27 2009 - 15:11:23 MDT

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