On 8/3/09, Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: >>> so you have 4GiB of RAM and confiured 3GB for squid's mem_cache? >>> >>> when that get filled up, you either start swapping or get ouf ot RAM and >>> your squid will crash... > > On 02.08.09 21:28, Waitman Gobble wrote: >> i've kept an eye on it, and i agree that it may start paging and/or >> crash. but so far, so good. > > a very simple solution: decrease cache_mem to 256Mb. It is only used for > object fetched from the network and if your squid usage is really that low, > you don't need big cache_mem. So you will prevent your squid from caching in > the future without any downfall. > maybe in his mind (and my mind too actually), with big mem_cache the file transfer will be transferred faster. But using that big for me it's too much, since I only have 4GB of RAM and thousand workstation connect with my squid.
