On Fri, 2006-02-10 at 12:09 -0500, donovan wrote: > question for you. > > cahe dir size. > > i have 3 x 120 gig ata drives. > > is that too large? should i be caching that much? > capacity = 116.69 GB > Available = 57.13 GB > Used = 59.56 GB <--- all cache > > cache_dir ufs /Volumes/cache1/cache 65535 16 256 > cache_dir ufs /Volumes/cache_2a/cache 65535 16 256 > cache_dir ufs /Volumes/cache_2b/cache 65535 16 256 Yuck! Move to a more efficient cache_dir scheme, such as aufs or diskd. You want to keep your used disk space below 75-80% of disk capacity for better performance. You're doing this - good. > *** ,-- don't ask me where i got these numbers, i set it up about > two years ago. > > how can adjust this number to match my drives to maximize their > efficiency? You may want to check http://squidwiki.kinkie.it/SquidFaq/SquidMemory , especially the last chapter, to understand whether your RAM availability matches your cache_dir settings. Kinkie
