file stoarage type

Tollef Fog Heen tfheen at varnish-software.com
Fri Aug 19 09:30:44 CEST 2011


]] Matt Schurenko 

| Could you be so kind as to answer another question? I am wondering if
| I should use malloc or file for the storage type. I have read that if
| your cache is small enough to remain mostly in memory it is best to
| use malloc, but if it will exceed the amount of physical RAM you have
| available that mmap performs better than relying on your system's use
| of swap space. Is this accurate?

Yes, it's generally accurate.

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