[squid-users] 3.5.20 run out of my memory.

Amos Jeffries squid3 at treenet.co.nz
Fri Feb 9 07:36:56 UTC 2018


On 09/02/18 20:30, Sticher, Jascha wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> KiB Mem:   4037016 total,  3729152 used,   307864 free,   120508 buffers
>> KiB Swap:  8511484 total,        0 used,  8511484 free.  2213580 cached Mem
> 
> this is normal behaviour in Linux - everything that's once read from disk is cached in RAM, as long as there is free memory.
> If the RAM is needed in another way, the cache in memory will be reduced. See also: https://www.linuxatemyram.com/
> 
> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Jascha Sticher
> 

Nice way to say it. Do you mind If I quote you for this in the Squid FAQ
pages?

Amos


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