Re: [squid-users] ./squid -z questions

> Matus UHLAR - fantomas wrote:
> >As long as RAM usage depends on number of files in cache, increasing
> >maximum storage size will lower the number of files in cache and thus
> >decrease the memory consumption. Also, with LFUDA replacement policy it
> >will increate the byte hit radio.

On 30.06 19:26, Hendrik Voigtländer wrote:
> No doubt that this will lower the RAM usage somehow. Let me rephrase my
> question: Any idea on what scale e.g. a doubled maximum_object_size will
> lower the RAM requirement (in percent)? (Same with switching the
> replacement policy).

Sorry for not understanding you before. I have no idea about that and I
think it's highly dependant on users, and the maximum_size before and
after.

> IMHO RAM usage depends on the _mean_ object size, and this is not
> directly configurable as it depends on the type of traffic going through
> the machine. I think it is difficult to predict the RAM requirements and
> thats why I would always start with a smaller cache_dir and add some
> space later on while monitoring the RAM usage.

well, they already do have huge cache_dir so they do not need o start,
they have just tune.

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