Re: [squid-users] correct cache_mem directive

You can't _exactly_ compute those items.

francisv@dagupan.com wrote:
> Henrik,
>
> How do you _exactly_ compute for the items you listed below?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Squid Support (Henrik Nordstrom) [mailto:hno@marasystems.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 3:49 AM
> To: francisv@dagupan.com; aditya@bits-pilani.ac.in
> Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] correct cache_mem directive
>
> On Wednesday 03 April 2002 19:07, francisv@dagupan.com wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>Try setting it to 1/3 of your main memory (64MB), consider also
>>adding more memory to your server.
>
>
> 1/3 is a bit overkill for cache_mem on most servers.
>
> Don't forget that cache_mem is in addition to the other memory uses,
> not a limit. When calculating the memory usage of a Squid server you
> need to account
> * The size of your disk cache
> * cache_mem
> * Other memory usage by Squid
> * Other software running on the server
>
> The total sum of the above should be no more than about 3/4 of the
> amount of memory installed.
>

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