Re: [squid-users] Antwort: Re: [squid-users] memory usage for squid-3.0.STABLE15

On 30.06.09 13:13, Martin.Pichlmaier_at_continental-corporation.com wrote:
> I checked -- cached objects are not re-checked, at least not with two or
> three hours.
>
> But the memory usage is higher still without icap while the cache is still
> filling -- but this may due to the fact that I configured squid to cache
> objects only up to 1 MB and icap scans larger objects, too.
>
> Additionally squid does not know the icap scan limit, therefore every file
> will be sent to the ICAP server. So the higher memory usage will be
> probably the need of caching large objects, too, at least until ICAP has
> them scanned. Your thought with the two memory buffers may be another
> reason.
>
> OK, thank you, now I understand more clearly the extensive memory usage
> with ICAP. I will have to rethink whether ICAP is really the best way for
> what I want.

Well, I cache bigger files than 1MB, my maximum_object_size is 32 MB now.
with LFUDA policy I found this to have better byte hit rate...

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