Re: [squid-users] ...Memory-only Squid questions

Gregori Parker wrote:
> Glad to help David, please let us know how it progresses.
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> Dont know if you saw this in the archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/squid-users@squid-cache.org/msg19824.html but it might help guide you on your SO_FAIL issue. It might be worth moving to LRU and establishing a baseline of performance (using either SNMP+cacti or cachemgr) before moving to fancier replacement policies. Personally, I would go 'store_log none' and not worry about it unless you see something in cache.log
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> The best all around advice I can give on Squid is to start simple! Once everything works the way you expect, then start tweaking your way into complexity with a means to track the (in)effectiveness of each change you make (and a known good configuration that you can always go back to when you inevitably fubar the thing!).
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> - Gregori
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Thank you for that last Gregory, I couldn't put it better myself.
(and I've tried a few times).

That has made its way to #1 item on the configuring squid FAQ.

Amos

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