> We are using squid for caching, with SCSI disk and 512 MB RAM. The > cache_mem setting in squid.conf is 64 MB. After running for several > hours total free RAM (as seen by top command) reduces to few kilobytes > and server response time increases (CPU idle cycles also go to zero), > and we need to reboot the server.
See the FAQ on Memory Usage. cache_mem is not the total amount of mem used by squid. Hermann
