Re: Squid memory requirements for 18G cache

On Wed, 21 Jan 1998, Bertold Kolics wrote:

>
> Hi,
> >Can anyone tell me what sort of problems I may encounter and what memory
> >requirements are for a 18Gig cache ?
> Consider 13 KB average object size: then theoretically you may have at
> most 18*1024*1024/13 (= ~1,450,000) objects in your cache
>
> ~100 bytes are needed for each object: (100*1,450,000 / 1024) / 1024 = ~
> 140 MB
>
> And you probably need more memory for hot objects.

Our squid has 20 GB of cache and its memory size is about 330 MB.
I'd go for 512 MB RAM if you also want an OS or something to run on
your server :)

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