Re: Multiple cache_dir questions

Dear John,

> I have just upgraded the cache to use 2 x 3 Gig disk partitions. I simply
> added 2 cache_dir directives to the squid.conf file which I think is OK.
>
True.. beware to make cache_swap the sum of the total of the available
disk space..

> My questions is if Squid simply alternates between directories for storing
> new files, how does it balance the space usage of each directory? I.e. if
> random chance conspired to store larger objects in one cache_dir over the
> other, would Squid have a problem? Also if I wanted to have cache_dir's
> of different sized partitions, is this possible?
>
It simply alternates between the differend disk's and thus must be of equal
size.. With this algorithme the disk's (if large enough) will be filled
nearly equal.

Cheers, Henny

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