[squid-users] cache_dir

i have increased value from

cache_dir ufs /usr/local/squid/var/cache 100 16 256

to

cache_dir ufs /usr/local/squid/var/cache 1000 16 256

i didn't see any changes other then cache dir got 10 times bigger,
among other reasons one of the main reason was to save traffic, most
of our users go to 1 website, after we start using squid i didnt see
any traffic saving, its same as it was... i then tried to 2000 and
3000, same thing...

also whenever i have a need to restart squid does this "Store
rebuilding" which takes forever, is there a way to skip this? or is
this a nessesery step? and on the top of all this i get this
statistics

2007/08/02 12:18:04| Done reading /usr/local/squid/var/cache swaplog
(31497889 entries)
2007/08/02 12:18:04| Finished rebuilding storage from disk.
2007/08/02 12:18:04| 15742193 Entries scanned
2007/08/02 12:18:04| 0 Invalid entries.
2007/08/02 12:18:04| 0 With invalid flags.
2007/08/02 12:18:04| 12982474 Objects loaded.
2007/08/02 12:18:04| 0 Objects expired.
2007/08/02 12:18:04| 12977266 Objects cancelled.
2007/08/02 12:18:04| 1284480 Duplicate URLs purged.
2007/08/02 12:18:04| 1475239 Swapfile clashes avoided.
2007/08/02 12:18:04| Took 785.7 seconds (16523.7 objects/sec).
2007/08/02 12:18:04| Beginning Validation Procedure
2007/08/02 12:18:05| Completed Validation Procedure
2007/08/02 12:18:05| Validated 5208 Entries
2007/08/02 12:18:05| store_swap_size = 119566k
2007/08/02 12:18:09| storeLateRelease: released 711 objects

2007/08/02 12:18:04| 12982474 Objects loaded.
2007/08/02 12:18:04| 12977266 Objects cancelled.

that part i really dont get it... it loaded X amount of object and
nearly 99% gets canceled...

what am I missing?

thanks in advance

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