Squid configuration directive workers

Available in: 3.3   3.2   3.HEAD  

History:

Changes in 3.2 workers

Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain. In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests). 

        0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
        1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
        N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)

Configuration Details:

Option Name:workers
Replaces:
Requires:
Default Value:workers 1
Suggested Config: 


	Number of main Squid processes or "workers" to fork and maintain.
	0: "no daemon" mode, like running "squid -N ..."
	1: "no SMP" mode, start one main Squid process daemon (default)
	N: start N main Squid process daemons (i.e., SMP mode)

	In SMP mode, each worker does nearly all what a single Squid daemon
	does (e.g., listen on http_port and forward HTTP requests).
 

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