Re: Data all piles up in one directory.

On Wed, 12 Jan 2000, Thorne Lawler wrote:

> Given a Squid 2.2 system set up, essentially, according to the
> Quickstart instructions, with only one significant modification; I
> have increased the 'maximum_object_size' to '40 MB'; why would all the
> cache-data e being placed in a single cache-directory?

You're confusing a 'cache_dir' with the sub-directories used by Squid; a
cache_dir is an entire area of storage space, containing numerous
sub-directories. It is normal for these sub-directories to have an uneven
distribution of data. Since you have only defined one cache_dir, the
section that you quoted from the FAQ does not in fact apply to you.

> The cache also appears to be repacing cache data at what seems(to me)
> to be a very rapid rate... I will probably understand this better as I
> read more of the on-line support documentation.

What is your LRU, and how much traffic do you carry each day? From these
you can decide how optimal your cache size is.

--
 Kendall Lister, Systems Operator for Charon I.S. - kendall@charon.net.au
  Charon Information Services - Friendly, Cheap Melbourne ISP: 9589 7781