On Fri, 5 Mar 2004, Peter Smith wrote: > Another thing that might be driving up the # of file desc usage is the > "half_closed_clients off" you have. On my squids I run with this as in > the default config, "on".
Setting "half_closed_clients off" considerably reduses the filedescriptor usage by Squid. Leaving it in the default "on" setting may cause excessively high filedescriptor usage if a lot of clients non-responsive sites etc. > Also, on my systems we are running named instead of using squid's fqdn > cache, this may help things out a bit--ymmv.. Having a DNS server nearby defenitely helps. There is not a big difference in having the DNS server on the LAN or on the Squid server itself. > I notice you have a "redirect_children 30"--are you running a > redirector? This can significantly alter your numbers. Indeed. How much depends on the redirector used. > I'll give you my settings. Again I am very conservative on the > "cache_dir" size as I think this will eat up quite a bit of RAM to keep > in-memory-indices. The guideline for memory usage found in the Squid FAQ chapter on memory usage is quite good. Regards Henrik
