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How do I analyze memory usage from the cache manger output?

April 26, 2017analyze cache Manger memory output usage

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How do I analyze memory usage from the cache manger output?

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Note: This information is specific to Squid-1.1 versions Look at your cachemgr.cgi Cache Information page. For example: Memory usage for squid via mallinfo(): Total space in arena: 94687 KB Ordinary blocks: 32019 KB 210034 blks Small blocks: 44364 KB 569500 blks Holding blocks: 0 KB 5695 blks Free Small blocks: 6650 KB Free Ordinary blocks: 11652 KB Total in use: 76384 KB 81% Total free: 18302 KB 19% Meta Data: StoreEntry 246043 x 64 bytes = 15377 KB IPCacheEntry 971 x 88 bytes = 83 KB Hash link 2 x 24 bytes = 0 KB URL strings = 11422 KB Pool MemObject structures 514 x 144 bytes = 72 KB ( 70 free) Pool for Request structur 516 x 4380 bytes = 2207 KB ( 2121 free) Pool for in-memory object 6200 x 4096 bytes = 24800 KB ( 22888 free) Pool for disk I/O 242 x 8192 bytes = 1936 KB ( 1888 free) Miscellaneous = 2600 KB total Accounted = 58499 KB First note that mallinfo() reports 94M in “arena.” This is pretty close to what top says (97M). Of that 94M, 81% (76M) is actually being used at the