Increasing MEM_HIT in Squid: just add RAM?

I want to bump up the percentage of MEM_HIT hits in Squid
v2.2STABLE5.

Is it as simple as just bumping up the amount of RAM specified in the
"mem_cache" parameter, or is there more to it?

A related question: assuming that the system is not RAM-starved (i.e.
excessive swapping to disk), is there ever an *adverse* impact on
performance by increasing the value of "mem_cache"?

Thank you.

*** Steve Snyder ***
Received on Thu Jan 13 2000 - 09:32:44 MST