Re: [squid-users] 2.4.20-aa and LARGE Squid process -> SIGSEGV

Hi Ralf,

Ralf Hildebrandt wrote:
> * MASOOD AHMAD <masoodnt10@yahoo.com>:
>
>
>>Decrease your mem_cache size to 32 MB or 64MB it will
>>work fine for you
>
>
> 700 MB also works fine for us. 64MB is definitely too low (see below).
...
> Maybe the real question is: Does it make sense to use cache_mem = 700
> MB at all?

Probably not. The performance difference between using 64 MB on a
heavily loaded cache (20Mbps throughput, for example) and 128 MB is
relatively small--perhaps 5%. The difference between 128 MB and 256 MB
is even smaller. Doubling again is probably not even measurable.

You probably aren't hurting yourself by configuring less than 700 MB. I
never configure more than 256 MB, except in an accelerator with no disk
cache. Your OS is going to cache disk accesses anyway, so the memory
doesn't go unused.

-- 
Joe Cooper <joe@swelltech.com>
Web caching appliances and support.
http://www.swelltech.com