It's... Squid Cache: Version 2.5.STABLE6 configure options: --enable-dependency-tracking --disable-wccp --disable-carp --disable-icmp --disable-htcp --disable-ident-lookups --enable-underscores --enable-err-languages=English --enable-storeio=ufs,aufs,null --enable-async-io --enable-auth=ntlm,basic --enable-external-acl-helpers=wbinfo_group --enable-icap-support --with-samba-sources=../samba-3.0.6 > -----Original Message----- > From: Elsen Marc [mailto:elsen@xxxxxxx] > Sent: 16 February 2005 11:55 > To: Graeme Bisset; squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: [squid-users] cache_mem and large downloads > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > I'm running squid stable 6 and I find that if I download the following > > file: > > > > http://trials.macromedia.com/pub/esd/activation/DreamweaverMX2 > >004-en.zip > > >from internet explorer but don't hit save then my mem_node count will > >grow and my process memory usage will grow. This isn't limited by the > >cache_mem directive and keeps growing until the full file is downloaded. > > >As this is a 100MB file, squid will grow by 100MB. > > >After the download is complete, the mem_node count will drop back down > >but the memory usage stays at over 100MB. > > >Should I be expecting this behaviour? Should my memory usage also drop > >back down after the download is complete? > > What is your exact squid version as reported from ? > > % squid -v > > M.
