Re: Can I *not* have an on-disk cache?

From: Fathi Ben Nasr <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 1999 20:38:15 +0200

# TAG: hierarchy_stoplist
# A list of words which, if found in a URL, cause the object to
# be handled directly by this cache. In other words, use this
# to not query neighbor caches for certain objects. You may
# list this option multiple times.
#
# The default is to directly fetch URLs containing 'cgi-bin' or '?'.
#
hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
Just add to this, in squid.conf, what you are using to generate dynamic html
content. This can be php asp msql or whatever you are using and squid will not
cache it.

Steve Willer a �crit :

> I'm guessing from the posts that most of you are using Squid in its
> regular mode. Perhaps I have needs that Squid doesn't really address,
> but...
>
> I'm running Squid in http-accelerator mode (in front of a web site). All
> of the pages are dynamic and therefore not cacheable. The cacheable items
> (buttons and stuff) probably only total 20MB or so.
>
> The Squid box is hitting its capacity limit, and I'm looking for ways to
> squeeze some more life out of it so we survive until we replace the box.
> Turning off all logging helps, but I would really like to avoid the system
> calls and directory tree walking involved with an on-disk cache.
>
> This is for Squid 1.1, although suggestions for v2 are welcome. I would
> like to have a nice-sized RAM cache to keep in-process data (say 200MB),
> but I want to eliminate any filesystem access by Squid. Any ideas?
Received on Tue Jul 13 1999 - 13:17:39 MDT

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