Re: [squid-users] not caching enough

ant2ne wrote:
>
> Hey thanks for the input
>
> This web cache proxy server is a dedicated machine running ubuntu 64bit OS
> (no gui) with 5gigs of RAM and a 1TB drive dedicated to the cache. Only
> using 500GB currently. (The OS is on a different 80GB drive) Accordign to
> the math of 10MB of RAM per 1GB of Disk space that would put me right at 5GB
> of RAM.

In which case do RAM check and see how much is used free before trying
to cache any more.

>
> Yesterday I increased the maximum_object_size value to 32MB from the default
> of 4MB and haven't noticed any difference in the cache size. I think I'll
> push it up around 50MB.
>
> I tried to change my L1 and L2 values from the default "16 256" but it
> didn't like the change because the squid service didn't restart until I
> changed it back. I don't think I tried "256 256", so I'll try that next.

This change requires a full stop of Squid. remove the cache directory
and rebuild it with "squid -z", then restart Squid.

>
> I will need to read up on and expirement with refresh_pattern

Amos

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