Thanks Leonardo If i create 2 caches : One (first) with 3Gb tmpfs memory second with 500G hard disk memory. Do you think that squid will increase performances using the first one. Or did it make no sense ? Le dimanche 02 janvier 2011 Ã 17:14 -0200, Leonardo Rodrigues a Ãcrit : > squid need some (a lot, in fact) RAM to keep indexes od the objects > stored on the cache. You can use RAM to create a tmpfs and use it for > cache, of course you can. But you cant forget squid uses RAM for other > things as well. > > Getting 6 of 8 GBs to the tmpfs would, probably, leave very few RAM > for squid (and all the rest of processes/OS stuff) and, eventually, > squid (and the whole OS) would start swapping and then your performance > would became VERY bad. > > With the correct calculations on RAM usage by squid and other > processes, as well with some monitoring, you can surely use some of the > available RAM to create a tmpfs and have squid caching things there. But > 6 out of 8 i think its simply too much. > > > Em 02/01/11 10:24, David Touzeau escreveu: > > Dear > > > > I have a server with 8Gb memory > > > > I would like to know there is any benefits to create a 6Gb cache in > > memory with a tmpfs partition ? > > > > best regards > > > >
