> Dear Amos, > Thank you for your reply, check my comments: > > Amos Jeffries wrote: >> Haytham KHOUJA (devnull) wrote: <snip> >>> >>> cache_mem 600 MB >>> :: A bit confused about this, When i go higher than 2GB, Squid kills >>> with a "out of memory" error. I have 8GB and want to maximize the use >>> of it. >>> >>> cache_effective_user nobody >>> cache_effective_group nogroup >>> :: Security and bla bla >> > So i can leave it to 2GB maximum? The rest of the OS will have the rest > of the RAM for OS purposes. I was talking below about the cache_effective_* above. I know very little about the memory limits in squid, not having tested any yet. >> This is the default UID. If this is going to be a standard config >> these MUST not be explicitly set. >> Also when GID is configured as above, will in fact cause a >> squid-specific deviation from the configured OS-level security policy. >> >> They are no longer to be used, unless the machine-specific setup >> requires it AND the admin knows how to setup for them properly. >> >>> cache_replacement_policy heap LFUDA >>> memory_replacement_policy heap GDSF >>> :: Very objective, you can google about them >>> >>> cache_dir diskd /CACHE1 61440 16 256 Q1=144 Q2=128 >>> cache_dir diskd /CACHE2 61440 16 256 Q1=144 Q2=128 >>> cache_dir diskd /CACHE3 61440 16 256 Q1=144 Q2=128 >>> :: DISKD configuration, i'm only using 60GB of each disk >>> >>> cache_access_log /var/log/squid/access.log >> >> Obsolete option. Use access_log with same parameters instead. >> > Which is obsolete? cache_access_log, it is deprecated from 2.6 and not guaranteed to be around much longer. Amos
