Re: [squid-users] Adding secondary Disk for Cache

Juan C. Crespo R. wrote: Dears I want to ask if anyone could tell me an easy way (step by step) to add a secondary disk to the squid Cache Thanks Hi, Simply add the drive to the OS as per normal - then add another cache_dir line to squid.conf. Cheers, Pieter

Re: [squid-users] Adding secondary Disk for Cache

Juan C. Crespo R. wrote: Dears I want to ask if anyone could tell me an easy way (step by step) to add a secondary disk to the squid Cache Thanks Assuming your disk is attached, your OS recognizes it and the disk is formatted: 1) Ensure the effective_squid_user has write capability

RE: [squid-users] Adding secondary Disk for Cache

Assuming your disk is attached, your OS recognizes it and the disk is formatted: 1) Ensure the effective_squid_user has write capability on the mount point 2) Add a cache_dir directive to squid.conf referencing the new mount point 3) Stop squid 4) Run squid -z (as root or as the

RE: [squid-users] Adding secondary Disk for Cache

Step 0) Consider the implications on RAM or adding more cache_dir :-) You might want to reduce cache_mem or add more RAM. http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidMemory#how-much-ram Sorry about the typo - it should be Consider the implications on RAM OF adding more cache_dir