# Proxy\_cache\_path with huge zone size **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [February 27, 2013, 10:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/proxy-cache-path-with-huge-zone-size/226971 "2013-02-27T10:56:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![traquila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@traquila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/traquila)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 10:56am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/proxy-cache-path-with-huge-zone-size/226971/1 "2013-02-27T10:56:45Z")
Hello, I have some troubles to configure my reverse proxy cache. I would like to use a proxy cache with about 5 TB. If I estimate an average file size of 128KB, I need to define my zone size to about 5GB. (5 TB / (128KB / 128)) Here the configuration line: proxy\_cache\_path /opt/…/hdd\_storage/cache levels=1:2 keys\_zone=proxyCacheZone\_hdd:5000m max\_size=5000g inactive=1d; Now, as I have 16 CPUs, I defined 16 worker\_process. The problem is, for each worker an allocation of 5 GB is done for a total of 80 GB of ram usage!!! Do I have misunderstood somethig? Is there a way to used a shared memory between workers for the zone cache? Thank you in advance Traquila Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[proxy\_cache\_path with huge zone size](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,236662,236662#msg-236662)** > > Hello, I have some troubles to configure my reverse proxy cache. I would like to use a proxy cache with about 5 TB. If I estimate an average file size of 128KB, I need to define my zone size to about 5GB. (5 TB / (128KB / 128)) Here the configurat ---
**Author:** ![traquila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@traquila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/traquila)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 11:00am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/proxy-cache-path-with-huge-zone-size/226971/2 "2013-02-27T11:00:15Z")
On Feb 27, 2013, at 13:56 , traquila wrote: > keys\_zone=proxyCacheZone\_hdd:5000m max\_size=5000g inactive=1d; > Now, as I have 16 CPUs, I defined 16 worker\_process. > > The problem is, for each worker an allocation of 5 GB is done for a total of > 80 GB of ram usage!!! > > Do I have misunderstood somethig? > Is there a way to used a shared memory between workers for the zone cache? These 5G is shared memory. – Igor S. ---
**Author:** ![traquila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/48db29/32.png) [@traquila](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/traquila)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2013, 11:17am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/proxy-cache-path-with-huge-zone-size/226971/3 "2013-02-27T11:17:13Z")
Thank you and sorry for my mistake. You have done a great job! Posted at Nginx Forum: > **[Re: proxy\_cache\_path with huge zone size](https://forum.nginx.org/read.php?2,236662,236664#msg-236664)** > > Hello, I have some troubles to configure my reverse proxy cache. I would like to use a proxy cache with about 5 TB. If I estimate an average file size of 128KB, I need to define my zone size to about 5GB. (5 TB / (128KB / 128)) Here the configurat