RE: [squid-users] Squid Cache...

Hi Amos/Jeff,

Thanks for the reply..... I would be obliged if you could please let me
know a few pros/cons of clearing squid cache on a regular basis.

Also would you please explain the statements below:
1) Or maybe just setting the garage high/low watermarks closer together for
a smaller chunk of work at disposal time.
2) But watch the user:group actually match what your Squid uses.
Am a bit lost here!

Regards,

Sagar Navalkar
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-----Original Message-----
From: Amos Jeffries [mailto:squid3_at_treenet.co.nz]
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 8:14 PM
To: Jeff Pang
Cc: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org
Subject: Re: [squid-users] Squid Cache...

Jeff Pang wrote:
> 2009/8/25 Sagar Navalkar <sagar.navalkar_at_idbiintech.com>:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I understand the fact that cache in fact helps improve speed!
>>
>> Please let me know if clearing the squid cache will help in eliminating
the corrupted cache files & help to improve the proxy performance.
>>
>
> Squid does it automatically.
>
>> How frequently can the squid cache be cleared? And is it advisable to
clear the cache frequently or otherwise to improve performance.?
>>
>
> If the cache_dir is very large, for example, the size of it reaches
> 100G or more, then clearing cache is helpful to performance IMO.

Or maybe just setting the garage high/low watermarks closer together for
a smaller chunk of work at disposal time.

>
> I always do:
>
> /path/squid -k shutdown
> mv cachedir cachedir.old
> mkdir cachedir
> chown -R nobody:nobody cachedir
> /path/squid -z
> /path/squid -D
> rm -rf cachedir.old &

But watch the user:group actually match what your Squid uses.

Amos

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