Marc-Adrian Napoli wrote:
>
> Dave,
>
> > > From: Marc-Adrian Napoli [SMTP:marcadrian@cia.com.au]
> > >
> > > cache_mem 500 MB
> > >
> > The normal reccomendation is to leave this at the
> > default 8MB; what's your reasoning in using such
> > a large value?
>
> 1GB of RAM.
>
> Is that a good enough reason? (honestly).
Nope. Squid's memory cache is probably not as efficient as your
filesystem's buffer-cache. For linux boxen, at least, I've narrowed the
optimal size to between 5 and 15MB. Got to find time to narrow it
further, if possible, and to check a few more kernels.
D
Received on Wed Nov 10 1999 - 18:34:46 MST
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