Hi Lizzy, Check out this part of the FAQ it might help.
http://www.squid-cache.org/Doc/FAQ/FAQ-8.html Regards, Richard On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 03:31:26 +0000, Lizzy Dizzy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Folks, > > I've got a pretty busy squid proxy server (approx 50-100 request /sec). > > Is there any guideline as to how often do we need to restart squid (e.g. > shutdown and start squid)? The reason is that I found out that squid uses up > my 2.5GB of RAM leaving only 6MB. Also it uses up half of my 500MB > swapspace. > > When squid started using so much swapspace, does it means that there's many > obsolete objects inside the RAM that has been forgotten and thus will not be > removed/swapped out? > > Thanks > LIZZ > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get MSN Hotmail alerts on your mobile. > http://en-asiasms.mobile.msn.com/ac.aspx?cid=1002 > >