Squid proxy local cache

[Antibiotic]

HI, Local cache default settings have:
Maximum Object Size 4 mb
Maximum Object Size in RAM 256 kb
I have 16 GB RAM and increased Memory Cache Size to 4096 mb. What is your suggestion for this 2 settings to have balance between speed and catching size?

[JonathanLee]

@Antibiotic use squid memory pools and set them based on the pool classes you need

[JonathanLee]

@Antibiotic

read_ahead_gap 64 KB #try to increase your read ahead gap to see if it helps 
negative_ttl 1 second
connect_timeout 30 seconds
request_timeout 60 seconds
half_closed_clients off
shutdown_lifetime 10 seconds
negative_dns_ttl 1 seconds
ignore_unknown_nameservers on
pipeline_prefetch 100 #also research pipline_prefetch

[Antibiotic]

@JonathanLee said in Squid proxy local cache:

use squid memory pools and set them based on the pool classes you need

Can you please more in details, how to check and how to use?

[JonathanLee]

@Antibiotic

Ref:
http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/config/memory_pools_limit/

Try to change this to a higher value if your firewall can handle it