Hi Jeff, According to the "Squid. The Definitive Guide Book": "... Because Squid uses a small amount of memory for every cached response, there is a relationship between disk space and memory requirements. As a rule of thumb, you need 32 MB of memory for each GB of disk space. Thus, the system with 512 MB of RAM can support a 16-GB disk cache. Your mileage may vary, of course. Memory requirements depend on factors such as the mean object size, CPU architecture (32 - or 64-bit), the number of concurrent users, and particular features that you use ... " Regards, Michel Peterson