Mod_disk_cache garbage-collecting question

[CASTELLE Thomas <tc...@generali.fr>]

Hi there !

I just have a very simple question concerning garbage-collecting under
mod_disk_cache. 

It doesn't seem to be implemented yet (by the way, is there a deadline for
this ?), but there is a CacheSize directive which seems to be based on
garbage collection (see the doc : "...This directive does not put a hard
limit on the size of the cache. The garbage collector will delete files
until the usage is at or below the settings...").

So, my question is : is the CacheSize directive really efficient ? And if
so, when does the garbage collection takes place ? Which file does it erase
first ? Is my cache going to grow until it crashes my beautiful webserver ?
;-)

Thanks for your answer and for Apache 2.0.44 !

Thomas

-----Message d'origine-----
De : Sander Striker [mailto:striker@apache.org]
Envoyé : mercredi 22 janvier 2003 08:34
À : dev@httpd.apache.org
Objet : RE: 2.0.45 coming soon? Offer to RM.


> From: William A. Rowe, Jr. [mailto:wrowe@rowe-clan.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 5:31 AM

> At 10:10 PM 1/21/2003, Cliff Woolley wrote:
> 
> >ARRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!  Guess I need to look into this.  :(
> 
> Ok...you broke MMap, I broke Win9x(ME) time, and I just closed a new segv
> in mod_ssl.  I'm prepared to RM a release version 2.0.45 beginning on next

> Tuesday, dropping as soon as we are happy that these oddball issues and 
> patches are applied (and work.)
> 
> So pick your bug and squish it, and I'll pre-tag on Tuesday.
> 
> This time I will libtool 1.4.3 :-)

Just use the httpd-dist/tools/release.sh script.  It will do some checking
of your installation for you.

Sander

Re: Mod_disk_cache garbage-collecting question

["Paul J. Reder" <re...@remulak.net>]

Thomas,

Currently the disk cache garbage collection is not implemented. This is
one of the reasons why this code is still in the experimental directory.
There is not a schedule for adding this code. If you would like to
contribute code to do this, please jump in.

That being said, it is one of the things I will be looking at over the
next several months, no promises on schedule though. Other things take
higher priority for me at the moment.

Currently the CacheSize directive does nothing for the disk cache so
it will be as efficient as you or I (or someone else) make it. :)

Paul J. Reder

CASTELLE Thomas wrote:

> Hi there !
> 
> I just have a very simple question concerning garbage-collecting under 
> mod_disk_cache.
> 
> It doesn't seem to be implemented yet (by the way, is there a deadline 
> for this ?), but there is a CacheSize directive which seems to be based 
> on garbage collection (see the doc : "...This directive does not put a 
> hard limit on the size of the cache. The garbage collector will delete 
> files until the usage is at or below the settings...").
> 
> So, my question is : is the CacheSize directive really efficient ? And 
> if so, when does the garbage collection takes place ? Which file does it 
> erase first ? Is my cache going to grow until it crashes my beautiful 
> webserver ? ;-)
> 
> Thanks for your answer and for Apache 2.0.44 !
> 
> Thomas
> 
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : Sander Striker [mailto:striker@apache.org]
> Envoyé : mercredi 22 janvier 2003 08:34
> À : dev@httpd.apache.org
> Objet : RE: 2.0.45 coming soon? Offer to RM.
> 
> 
>  > From: William A. Rowe, Jr. [mailto:wrowe@rowe-clan.net]
>  > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 5:31 AM
> 
>  > At 10:10 PM 1/21/2003, Cliff Woolley wrote:
>  >
>  > >ARRRRGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!  Guess I need to look into this.  :(
>  >
>  > Ok...you broke MMap, I broke Win9x(ME) time, and I just closed a new 
> segv
>  > in mod_ssl.  I'm prepared to RM a release version 2.0.45 beginning on 
> next
>  > Tuesday, dropping as soon as we are happy that these oddball issues and
>  > patches are applied (and work.)
>  >
>  > So pick your bug and squish it, and I'll pre-tag on Tuesday.
>  >
>  > This time I will libtool 1.4.3 :-)
> 
> Just use the httpd-dist/tools/release.sh script.  It will do some checking
> of your installation for you.
> 
> Sander
> 


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