Re: [squid-users] memory pools in squid

16 MB should be quite reasonable.

It is not a parameter that has a noticeable impact on performance as
long as it is within reasonable limits..

Regards
Henrik

On Saturday 07 September 2002 12.01, francisv@dagupan.com wrote:
> Henrik,
>
> If all my Squid boxes have 1Gb of RAM, what would be the optimal
> setting for the memory_pools_limit?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henrik Nordstrom [mailto:hno@marasystems.com]
> Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 5:29 PM
> To: MASOOD AHMAD; squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] memory pools in squid
>
> On Saturday 07 September 2002 08.28, MASOOD AHMAD wrote:
> > Dear Squid users,
> >
> > What are memory pools in squid and how can i create
> > for better performance.
>
> Memory pools is an internal thing in Squid related to how Squid
> internally manages memory.
>
> There is not much to fiddle on except for the memory_pools_limit
> parameter in squid.conf. I'd recommend you to set this to around 16
> MB, less if your system is short on memory.
>
> See also the Squid FAQ section on memory usage.
>
> Regards
> Henrik
Received on Sat Sep 07 2002 - 08:21:18 MDT