From: Isaac Witmer <isaaclw@xxxxxxxxx>
> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 4:57 PM, Marcus Kool
> <marcus.kool@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > yes.
> > 1) the index is in memory and needs 10-20 MB index in memory for each GB on
>disk
> I was under the impression (from the oriely squid manual) that recent
> versions do not use up extra RAM with bigger caches.
> But maybe I read it wrong?
> Also, I'm a bit confused as there's only one apparent "memory" option
> in the squid configuration.
> Could you explain/point me to a tutorial?
The "needs 10-20 MB index in memory for each GB on disk" is the explanation...
You need space (in RAM) to store those indexes...
Also, these 10-20 MB values are based on an average object size.
Indexes for bigger objects will take less memory (since less objects for a given
GB of disk).
Indexes for smaller objects will take more memory (since more objects for a
given GB of disk).
JD
