On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Zand, Nooshin wrote: > The time that is processing 20 httpReq/sec or 0 request still top shows > RSS as 325M. > In summary, it is continuously growing.
The size will grow for a while after start, but should stabilize after some time at maximum load (assuming the cache is already full). This usually takes a day or so. If it does not stabilize then there is a problem. The size should barely ever decrease. If you have a situation where the size of Squid increases a lot and then decreases by close to the same amount then there most likely is a serious problem. If you have a situation where the size of Squid is stable for a long while, and then starts to increase a lot, then there is a problem. If you have a situation where the size of Squid more or less constantly increases then there is a problem. All of these patterns are best identified by graphing the process size. mrtg or rrdtool is very good for this purpose. Regards Henrik
