Re: [squid-users] number of children {startup] [idle]

On Mon, 15 Nov 2010 16:54:08 +0000, Nick Cairncross
<Nick.Cairncross_at_condenast.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> Just a quick question; I've re-read the following a number of times and
> think I've confused myself:
>
> The startup= and idle= options permit some skew in the exact
amount
> run. A minimum of startup=N will begin during startup and
> reconfigure
> and Squid will start more in groups of up to idle=N in an
attempt
> to meet
> traffic needs and to keep idle=N free above those traffic needs
up
> to
> the maximum.
>
> auth_param negotiate children 20 startup=0 idle=1
>
>
> Does this mean that if my squid.conf has..
>
> auth_param negotiate children 55 startup=5 idle=10
>
> ..5 children will be spawned to begin when I start squid and if they all
> get used then 10 more will spawn automatically (15 total) and then
another
> 10 (25) and so on until 55 children have been reached and then no more
will
> be spawned? Or am I wrong..

You are correct. :)

hmm, I think we put one "and" too many in that text. Should be a sentence
break at "reconfigure. Squid"
Fixing...

Amos
Received on Mon Nov 15 2010 - 22:23:58 MST