Re: request_size (squid configuration value)

>
> Ah yes. That makes sense. However, now I'm curious: is there a limit on
> the size of cached objects?

  maximum_object_size
          Squd doesn't save the objects on disk larger than this size.
>
> As an example, the full version of ie4.0 appears to be 20MB, so that may
> be a lower bound. However, accepting such a large file implies purging a
> number of smaller files. Hence, we come upon a (possible) tradeoff
> between hit rate (average client latency) and byte hit rate (network
> load). Also, in an extreme case, an unsociable character would only need
> to issue 500 requests for garbage files of this size to flush a 10GB
> cache.

  you can prevent such a bad accident by setting maximum_object_size properly.

  Jaeyeon Jung
>
> Thanks to Nigel for the answer below.
>
> Mike
>
Received on Mon Jul 07 1997 - 23:32:47 MDT