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      mbrossar
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      My memory usage keeps creeping up to 85%.  I'm running pfSense on a NetGate with 256MB of RAM.  Only packages I'm running are Squid and Dansguardian.  My first question is this normal for these packages?  It seems high.  I suspect it has to do with my proxy setting, but I can't seem to effect a change.

      My cache management proxy settings related to RAM are:

      • Memory Cache Size = 1MB

      • Maximum Object Size in RAM = 32KB

      • Memory Replacement Policy = LRU

      • Low Water Mark = 5%

      • High Water MArk = 50%

      Do these values look appropriate?  Am I looking in the wrong place?

      Any help appreciated.

      Thanks.

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      • stephenw10S
        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        Running Squid and Dans in 256MB is always going to be a tight fit. If it's working OK for you be happy about that.  ;) So yes 85% seems entirely expected, quite low even.

        Steve

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