Re: [squid-users] Cache size is decreasing

From: Mr. Issa\(*\) <xnixguy_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 04:39:36 +0300

Is it ok if i set digest_generation to off? we are not using any cache peers ...

On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Mr. Issa(*) <xnixguy_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> /dev/sdc1             1.8T  339G  1.4T  20% /cache1
> /dev/sdd1             1.8T  333G  1.4T  20% /cache2
>
> pr0xySRV:~# more /etc/squid/squid.conf |grep cache_swap_high ; more
> /etc/squid/squid.conf |grep cache_swap_low
> cache_swap_high 95
> cache_swap_low 94
>
>
> it didnt even reach 60% of its usage.... This appeared after upgrading
> from Stable7 to Stable9
>
> So what could be the reason?
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 8:31 AM, Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz> wrote:
>> Mr. Issa(*) wrote:
>>>
>>> Dear mates, I hope you enjoy your weekend... :)
>>>
>>> I did compile/install Squid2.7Stable9 and i noticed something
>>>
>>> /dev/sdc1             1.8T  355G  1.4T  21% /cache1
>>> /dev/sdd1             1.8T  352G  1.4T  21% /cache2
>>> the /cache1 & cache2 dirs where 370G each.. suddenly they are
>>> decreasing and the servers load is approximately high.... What could
>>> cause that?
>>
>> Well, I guess the server load is caused by all the work needed to remove the
>> items from cache.
>>
>> Items being removed from cache wholesale like this is usually caused by one
>> of the garbage collection limits being reached.
>>  cache_swap_high / cache_swap_low
>> http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/cache_swap_high/
>>
>> NP: the large cache disclaimer applies to anyone with around 10GB or more of
>> cached data.
>>
>> Amos
>> --
>> Please be using
>>  Current Stable Squid 2.7.STABLE8 or 3.0.STABLE25
>>  Current Beta Squid 3.1.0.18
>>
>
Received on Fri Apr 02 2010 - 01:39:46 MDT

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