Re: [squid-users] Caching of Big objects (bigger than memory limit)

On 12/05/11 13:32, Pieter De Wit wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> From my understanding, Squid will add an object into memory, then page
> it out to disk, as the memory limit get's full. (Barring another 1000
> checks that I didn't mention :) )
>
> My question is, what will happen with an object that is bigger than
> maximum_object_size_in_memory ?

It goes to disk immediately on arrival and only the window of bytes not
yet sent to the clients stays in memory.

Some versions of Squid (known for their excessive memory consumption)
will keep the whole thing in memory until finished, but that bug is
fixed in current releases.

Amos

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