Re: http acel mode and frequently changing pages

Greg Wohletz writes:

>>Greg Wohletz writes:
>>
>>>I have squid running in acelerator mode in front of an apache server
>>>on our main web server. I have compiled in the expires module in
>>>apache and on a page that changes frequently have the following in
>>>the .htaccess file:
>>>
>>>ExpiresActive On
>>>ExpiresDefault A300
>>>
>>>
>>>However, it is still often over 24 hours before changes to this web
>>>page are seen. Does anyone know why this would be happening?
>>
>>Please forgive me, but I am constantly fascinated by people
>>who run Squid as an accelerator, only to have something about
>>their web server break, yet they still want to use an "accelerator."
>>
>>Why are you running Squid as an accelerator?
>
>Because most of the web pages are stored on a fileserver and not on the web
>server itself. I would like frequently accessed web pages to be cached on
>the web servers disk to reduce the load on the network and on the
>fileserver.

There is no reason it should be happening.

However, you need to give a lot more information before we can
help you.

Can you show us the store.log entries with the Expires timestamp and
the access.log entries showing cache hits for the "over 24 hours" period?

Duane W.
Received on Mon Nov 23 1998 - 15:31:42 MST