On 03/09/2017 09:54 AM, Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote: >>>> Master is not a >>>> kid (it is a parent of all kids), the first N kids are workers, the >>>> next D kids are diskers, and the last kid is Coordinator. Please see the >>>> following wiki section for more details. >>>> http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/SmpScale#Terminology >>>> Yes, "1" is the default value for the workers directive. >>> and this is why I wonder we have three kids, both when "workers" >>> commented out and when set to 1. >> In my earlier paragraph, N is the value of the workers directive. There >> are other kids (D diskers and one Coordinator). D is the number of rock >> cache_dirs. Both workers and diskers need shared memory and IPC. >> >> If you want to turn off SMP while using rock store, start Squid with -N. >> When started with -N, there will be a single process playing all four >> roles (master, worker, disker, and Coordinator). > Will running with "workers 1" avoid this issue while using separate > processes for diskers? No. Disker processes need shared memory to communicate with worker(s). Alex. _______________________________________________ squid-users mailing list squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.squid-cache.org/listinfo/squid-users