RE: [squid-users] cache_mem and large downloads

 
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm running squid stable 6 and I find that if I download the following
> file:
>
> http://trials.macromedia.com/pub/esd/activation/DreamweaverMX2
>004-en.zip

>from internet explorer but don't hit save then my mem_node count will
>grow and my process memory usage will grow. This isn't limited by the
>cache_mem directive and keeps growing until the full file is downloaded.

>As this is a 100MB file, squid will grow by 100MB.

>After the download is complete, the mem_node count will drop back down
>but the memory usage stays at over 100MB.

>Should I be expecting this behaviour? Should my memory usage also drop
>back down after the download is complete?

  What is your exact squid version as reported from ?
  
         % squid -v

  M.
Received on Wed Feb 16 2005 - 04:56:09 MST