This might help http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-8.html#how-much-ram
As a rule of thumb on Squid uses approximately 10 MB of RAM per GB of the total of all cache_dirs (more on 64 bit servers such as Alpha), plus your cache_mem setting and about an additional 10-20MB. It is recommended to have at least twice this amount of physical RAM available on your Squid server. The recommended extra RAM besides what is used by Squid is used by the operating system to improve disk I/O performance and by other applications or services running on the server. This will be true even of a server which runs Squid as the only tcp service, since there is a minimum level of memory needed for process management, logging, and other OS level routines. If you have a low memory server, and a large disk, then you will not necessarily be able to use all the disk space, since as the cache fills the memory available will be insufficient, forcing Squid to swap out memory and affecting performance. A very large cache_dir total and insufficient physical RAM + Swap could cause Squid to stop functioning completely. The solution for larger caches is to get more physical RAM; allocating more to Squid via cache_mem will not help On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 08:09:23 +0800, william villanueva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Teejay! > > On Sunday, September 19, 2004 22:51, you wrote: > > > Well... basically 150 pc's accessing the net at the same time is > > not a problem with Squid. It's just how you're gonna manage the proxy > > server. Just limit access to pr0n sites for the kids... and to staff > > members... some other acl's for other sites as well... > > Gotcha. I guess I'll just set it up with the same limitations as I did > with our church. Though we have less than 20 users / workstations in the > church office. > > > > Kinda high on coffee so forgive me on how I answered your > > question... LOL. > > Wow.. OT ba? hehehe > > > Hope this helps... > > At least I have something to start off with. I haven't experienced setting > up such a number of workstations. > > Thanks again. > > God bless you. > William > > -- > William Villanueva > http://www.purity.ph > PGP key ID 0xDF608588 Registered linux user #179111 > ================================================== > Do bad and remember, do good and forget. (Algerian proverb) > > > > > -- > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph > Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph > . > To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug > . > Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to > http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie > -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
