Re: [PATCH] [RFC] squid.conf defaults

On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 01:16 +1200, Amos Jeffries wrote:
> Following the cleanup of squid.conf to minimal config here is a patch
> which modifies the remaining defaults to make their explicit
> configuration unnecessary.

> This one I think is good but want other opinions.
> cache_dir default to no disk cache.
>
> Our old default was insufficient for many uses and I couldn't be
> bothered investigating a good one.

I agree that disk caching should be disabled by default at least until
we have a nearly-universal store.

> maximum_object_size_in_memory - boosted to 512KB.
> Update to at least 64KB was needed anyway to match modern web traffic.
> Picked 512KB to maximize HIT with new default cache above.

Should we increase the default memory cache size as well then?

Alex.
Received on Wed Sep 03 2008 - 14:10:06 MDT