At 08:51 AM 07/12/2002, Rick Matthews wrote: >It might be more correct to say that squidGuard only reads the DB >files and configuration files at startup.
True! That's why I needed to come up with a more dynamic and adjustable db file (which also is only a flat file) >The file used in "iplist [filename]" is never more that a flat file; it >is not converted into a db file. True again. But it internally (from at least what i gather from the source) is stored as a DB in ram (or some other quick access database) >It might be splitting hairs, but I wouldn't want anyone to make a >decision about using squidGuard based on assumptions about the >amount of memory required. For example, my active destination >db files add up to over 10 megabytes, and one might think that if >squidGuard "loads all DB files into RAM" it would use 10 megabytes >plus the size of the program in memory. In reality, yet each instance >of squidGuard that is running has only allocated 6.2 megabytes of >memory. > >Rick Oh I wouldn't either want any one (including myself) make a decision about SquidGuard based on its memory usage. I live by the way SquidGuard works, and it works VERY well compared to may other alternatives, especially commercial ones. RAM is a very small part of the overall requirements of SquidGuard and the most easily upgraded! :) I find it very nice with memory usage and in the realm of squid's redirectors it' one of the best!
