Does it exist guideline to tune up/down cache_dir size? What do you think about use of ram disk as cache_dir vs hard disk ? On 06 Nov 2014, at 10:16, Amos Jeffries <squid3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 6/11/2014 8:58 p.m., Riccardo Castellani wrote: >> I'm installing new machine as Squid server and I need to understand >> what criteria to estimate the 'cache size', I'm not speaking about >> extra space for swap/temporary files or fragmentation but I'm >> saying about the cache of size that is 3rd cache_dir argument. >> Server will receive requests from about 2000- 3000 computers. I'd >> like interesting to find documents where shows suggestions to >> assign right size. > > Assign the amount of disk you want to use. "right size" all depends on > what your clients patterns of usage are. That varies between networks > and even over time within one network. Also whether you want to focus > on bandwidth reduction or request reduction. Some networks run with no > disk cache, others with Terabytes. > > So ... start with a guess that seems reasonable to you (tens of GB? or > hundreds of MB?) and see what happens before tuning it up/down to try > and reach a better hit ratio(s) and longer LRU object timespan. > > BTW, the disk cache_dir *is* "swap" file space for Squid. All caching > is temporary files. > > Amos > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJUWzxxAAoJELJo5wb/XPRjXA4H/RGYCLaPhR8+4Nnhenf3eAj7 > kAkNud1zbIhghfYkX2FIBZt51E9ZP/h+w89jC21V1dt1nitE7b4zD6mcZq8eTxm5 > asjnwtoH2U70gBYsvFaVUDLE9pv1yxa5LGxV7OiKa81OQmsBtSjbsUjpY2LTrQE8 > m53Q1xdHtg4FeX4TIvlj8dLYc3lgSm2BKERHdV08kZAlFPQtkBx8ZrN+dXUto+QO > WfyNRYKuhyq4TbmdNM19KIqUmBjAIa/L8N02IZ5+FCmt1/Pn8jsLvKEl112aE0yT > 8QxcyX5m+sBQIcG5IyFzhSGxN3pDL4m5btd/9XhgDwqJwFz4E3KyfWRkkuQeBBg= > =VfOs > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > _______________________________________________ > squid-users mailing list > squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users
