Re: [squid-users] Réf. : [squid-users] cache dir limits

On Fri, 5 Dec 2003 sdavy@bics.fr wrote:

> No answers from me, just questions ;-)
> you said that your cache became too big, and I see that it is something
> like 100G large. Actually, I'm interested here to know how you see that
> your cache dir was too slow, how many users you have, and more generaly, I
> was wondering if a big cache is good for performance. Does anybody have
> some clue about that?

The bigger the cache the better hit ratio, but cache sizes above 7 days of
traffic give very little extra hit ratio if at all measureable.

However, you must make sure to stay within the memory constraints of your
server or performance will suffer badly to the point that the proxy is not
even useable. See the Squid FAQ on memory usage for details.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Fri Dec 05 2003 - 07:23:36 MST