Re: Memory Usage high

Christian Krackowizer wrote:
>
> At 07:20 18.03.1999 -0500, you wrote:
> >> we're using 2.2DLEVEL3 on DEC Unix. Despite cache_mem is set to 36 MB's,
> >> squid is using up to 80 MB. At this point I killed to process.
> >>
> >Read the FAQ.
> >CACHE_MEM is the size for RAM cache only. Does not count overhead.
> >Set it to something like 8M. The amount of memory squid uses, is
> >dependent on CACHE_MEM plus the number of objects in the cache. The
> >number of objects is based on your storage capacity. Once your hard
> >drive is full, squid will stop growing so fast and eventually
> >stabalize.
> >
>
> I know that. But all older versions didn't have such an enormous 'overhead'.
> We've been using CACHE_MEM 48 MB up to 2.2DLEVEL3 without problems, reduced
> it now to 36 MB and still have trouble. I think a parameter which is set to
> e.g. 8 MB and actually use is e.g. 10 times more isn't a parameter ...

It does pretty much exactly what it says it does: That is, it sets the
size of a specific _part_ of the in-memory allocations done by squid. It
doesn't (and isn't supposed to) give you control over a whole bunch of
other things that are corollary to or distinct from that allocation.
They aren't tweakables. This bit is, and you can control it's size. The
size of other portions are necessarily a function of this setting, or
functions of other factors.

D
Received on Thu Mar 18 1999 - 14:35:13 MST