On Tue, 19 Oct 2010 14:57:28 +0200, Roberto Suarez Soto <robe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > El dÃa Wed, 20 Oct 2010 00:45:22 +1300, Amos Jeffries > <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > escribÃa: > >> memory pools would work that way. It is an allocator same as the system >> ones but tuned to Squid usage instead of generic page sizes. >> >> cache_mem is a in-memory object cache. Its fill/empty cycles behave the >> same as disk storage. So it will fill up and keep itself that way as >> long as the machine is active and somebody "might" need the data stored. > > Ok, I think I understand. I'll try a more generous setting for > memory_pools_limit to see if the problem I stated in my mail yesterday > ("Memory leaks in squid 2.7.STABLE7 ...") is helped somewhat. > > Thanks! If its actually leaking its likely this: http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.7/changesets/ The latest bug-fix snapshot of 2.7.STABLE9 is the best 2.7 to go with. Amos