[squid-users] Scaling guide?

[Amos Jeffries]

On 28/04/2015 6:05 a.m., Balázs Szabados wrote:
> Hi Amos,
> 
> I'm running squid on a tp-link tl-wdr4300 router. I've downloaded the MESD
> blacklists, and set up deny acl for them, but it seemed to be too much my
> router. It took several minutes to start squid, and the whole thing was
> unresponsive, sometimes I couldn't even connect to the internet. What I'm
> looking for is some reference guide about, how much blacklist I can have
> for what hw, or something like that.

The list provider can give you best info about how big their list is, or
you should be able to see from the file size(s) and extrapolate.

The rest depends on how you configured Squid. What we have is
<http://wiki.squid-cache.org/SquidFaq/SquidMemory> to help you
understand and troubleshoot.

Amos