Hello Ralf, under OpenBSD i have switched from FFS2 disk cache to mfs disk cache and performances were massively improved. Hot item is a very asked item, or recent cached item. For the size, i remember there is min_object_size and max_object_size -- Best regards, Loïc BLOT, UNIX systems, security and network expert http://www.unix-experience.fr Le dimanche 20 janvier 2013 à 12:10 +0100, Ralf Hildebrandt a écrit : > I have a general question regarding Squid 3.2.x and the hot object > cache. > > According to what I found in the FAQ, the "hot object cache" is > located in RAM, taking an amount of RAM limited by cache_mem. > > So, frequently requested objects are stored in this memory area. But > what is a hot item? How big can a hot item be? Are objects transferred > from the cache_mem to the disk cache (and vice versa). > > The reason for my question: WOuld a RAM disk help to speed up the proxy? >
