Squid FAQ 8.11 How much memory do I need in my Squid server?
On Monday 15 April 2002 07:30, Colin Campbell wrote:
> No. The memory usage by squid is just a rule of thumb. One school
> of thought says:
>
> 10MBytes for each 1GByte of cache
> +
> cache_mem
> +
> some more
>
> With 1GByte of RAM you can probably get away with cache_mem = 64 or
> 128. I probably wouldn't go much higher but I am *not* an expert. I
> am simply relying on my rapidly failing memory of what I recall
> someone saying :-). That is, I recall someone saying something
> about how big cache_mem should/could be. I think it was this year.
> Search the mailing list archives if you really want to know.
>
> Another school of though is that you'll be relatively safe with:
>
> RAM = 2 * (10MBytes/GByte of cache + cache_mem)
>
> It's not an exact science.
>
> Colin
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