El dÃa Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:48:07 +1300, Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> escribÃa: > > Probably memory leak. However, it is not reliably reproducible. > > Anyway, a restart will return memory to OS. > see question 4 of the memory FAQ: > http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidMemory Related to this, in question 6 says this: "Additionally, most operating systems do not allow processes to shrink in size. When a process gives up memory by calling free, the total process size does not shrink. So the process size really represents the maximum size your Squid process has reached." I'm not sure I understand this. Does it mean that Squid could grow a lot, beyond what cache_mem and other settings would imply, and then be unable to free memory even if it's not using it? An example with numbers: suppose I have "cache_mem 50 MB" and "memory_pools_limit 50 MB", but that's not enough for my current load and squid grows to double that size. Even if the load of requests becomes very low afterwards, does it mean that it won't be able to shrink because the OS has already allocated memory for it? In that case, would it be better to set a high cache_mem and memory_pools_limit value so it's squid who manages its memory? As I understand it, squid would get quite big from the start but then it wouldn't grow so much because it'd be able to manage its pool of memory. Does this make sense? Thanks in advance, -- Roberto Suarez Soto Allenta Consulting robe@xxxxxxxxxxx www.allenta.com +34 881 922 600 Este correo electrÃnico contiene informaciÃn estrictamente confidencial y es de uso exclusivo del destinatario, quedando prohibida a cualquier otra persona su revelaciÃn, copia, distribuciÃn, o el ejercicio de cualquier acciÃn relativa a su contenido. Si ha recibido este mensaje por error, por favor conteste a su remitente mediante correo electrÃnico y proceda a borrarlo de su sistema. Rogamos nos comunique inmediatamente sobre cualquier inconveniente que pueda tener usted en relaciÃn al envÃo de este tipo de correo electrÃnico. Sus datos personales serÃn tratados de forma confidencial y no serÃn cedidos a terceros ajenos a ALLENTA CONSULTING, S.L. En cualquier caso, podrà ejercer los derecho de oposiciÃn, acceso, rectificaciÃn y cancelaciÃn de acuerdo con lo establecido en la Ley OrgÃnica 15/99, de 13 de diciembre, de ProtecciÃn de Datos de CarÃcter Personal dirigiÃndose a ALLENTA CONSULTING, S.L. en C/Enrique MariÃas 36, 2 piso, oficina 8, 15009 â A CoruÃa o en la direcciÃn de electrÃnico info@xxxxxxxxxxx
