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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