Re: [squid-users] Squid IPCache v. BIND Caching-Only DNS

----- Original Message -----
From: "Henrik Nordstrom" <hno@squid-cache.org>
To: "Venkatesh. K" <venkatesh@cbayscribe.com>
Cc: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>; "Mahmood Ahmed"
<braveheart@buraak.net.pk>
Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: [squid-users] Squid IPCache v. BIND Caching-Only DNS

> On Mon, 24 Nov 2003, Venkatesh. K wrote:
>
> > Nope. It is better to cache dns lookups in squid even though you end up
> > using some memory for ip and dns cache in squid.
> >
> > I don't have real stats on the performance hit if squid does not cache
ip
> > and name lookups, but I like to play safe.
>
> You can't disable the ip_cache. It is required for proper operation.
>
> You can limit it's size somewhat, but generally there is no reason to do
> so as it is not very big to start with.
>
> If your current DNS server is on a high latency link then running a
> caching DNS for Squid and other DNS uses is recommended, alternatively
> increase the ipcache size in squid.conf.
>
> Please keep in mind that a caching DNS server can use quite a fair bit of
> memory, so keep an eye on total memory usage by the system after making
> such change.

Yes. I should have pointed it out. It never occured to me as I use dnscache
from djbdns. You can control the amount of memory used for caching with
dnscache

Venkatesh K

>
Received on Mon Nov 24 2003 - 07:38:22 MST