> My squid is dying sometimes (say after 5 to 7
> days). This happened lastweek
> already.
>
> What's this error means???: (I ran tail -f to
> cache.log)
>
> WARNING: Disk space over limit: 8055792 kb >
> 7168000 kb
> StoreLateRelease: released 46 objects
>
> Do you think this error is the cause of the
> problem? Hope you can help me
> to fix the problem.

Looks like you ar running out of disk space?
What does "df -kh" show you?

Take note that when you create an ext2/3 File
System it defaults to 5% as writable by root
only. And don't forget the inodes,
files/directory, etc. for File System overhead.

To solve this, you might want to:

- If using ext2/3, set the reserve FS block to
1% or even 0%.  Note that the default reserver
5% of an example 25Gb HDD is 1.25Gb! You can use
tune2fs to do this live. Or use reiserfs. they
say it's many times faster for small files.

- Create multiple cache_dir on different
partition on one disk. smaller inodes per
partition/FS helps a bit.

- Start with cache_dir that is 75% of the total
of what "df -kh" shows you. Then incremetally
increase it comfortably. But if you ask me, have
a buffer zone of 20% per cache_dir. It says in
the squid FAQ that it performs better when there
is more free space and it's not tolerant of
running out of disk space.

As for your other question about harddisks, me
thinks that you don't have a problem with the
HDD themselves, but more on configs/optimazation
of squid. Frankly, i would buy more RAM rather
than buying new scsi/eide HDD. Think of it as
every read/writes trip to the HDD is expensive
and slows you down.

If you really want to buy harddrives, don't
throw  the old HDD, but keep it and just add the
newer HDD to the cache_dir of squid.

regards,
Andre
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