Re: How much memory is enough?

> > > My question is: how much memory is enough? The standard for most of
> > > our new desktops is already 32MB. By varying the "cache_mem" setting in my
> > > department's SQUID.CONF, I seem to be able to limit the memory usage to the
> > > available RAM, thus avoiding the disk memory-swap-file. But I have seen
> > > some messages referring to Squid's "continual increase" in memory usage,
> > > over time. Does this mean Squid needs to be re-started on some sort of
> > > regular basis? Is the amount of RAM used a function of proxy disk cache
> > > size, number of simultaneous users, or both? Can we install this
> > > simplified system (P133,32MB RAM, 2GB disk) and "force" Squid to run in
> > > less than 32MB of memory? If we force it, and 32MB isn't "enough",
> > > what will be the consequence, (only) slow performance or something more
> > > drastic?
> >
> > I'm running regional cache server serving about 1500 requests per hour
> > (1 per second in peak time) on P5/120-FreeBSD with 32MB RAM and 2GB disk
> > without any problem (old version squid-1.0.18).
>
> For what it's worth, I also run a department cache with about 2500
> requests per hour. I run it with no problems on a P-133/64MB RAM/2GB SCSI
> disk on FreeBSD-2.2. Great combo (FreeBSD and Squid).

Here we run P133/128MB RAM/4GB SCSI-UW, one with Squid 1.0.5, one with Squid 1.1.4, both BSD/OS 2.1.

By now, both servers have been able to handle the load (peak 29000 hits/hour, almost 2MHits/week).

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