Re: [squid-users] Squid, storage size and other questions...

On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 11:30 -0200, H Matik wrote:

Many thanks for your answer!

>
> You can use one cache server for your clients but this one can have one, two
> or more parents. Means the backend server which is the visible cache for your
> clients queries the frontend caches. So you could set up one with the
> minimum_object_size 2048 KB
> maximum_object_size 512000 KB
> what means this one will not store on disks any objects less then 2MB and not
> larger the 512MB the other you configure
> maximum_object_size 2048 KB

So, I could setup the backend for small object (max 2MB) while the
backend for big files (from 2MB to 512MB of even bigger)?!?!

>
>
> Then with the proper cache_peer settings the backend server should get icp
> replies about what each has on disk and so you can have e fast rotating
> content on the small object cache and slow rotating large objects on the
> other. So you may set something like this
> cache_peer large_object_ip 8080 3130 parent proxy-only (for not storing the
> files again)

Please pardon me, but can I setup, in a cache peering relationship via
ICP, that the squid making the ICP queries do not cache the files it
recieves back?

> cache_peer small_object_ip 8080 3130 parent
>
> Depending on your client-number and/or network size you may use a backend
> server without caching anything setting both peers to proxy only and a null
> cache_dir if the three are talking fast enought between them

I could setup the three squid on the same machine for example (thus
achieving the fastest communication among them...)

>
> You may consider tweaking the quick_abort values on the large_object cache
> also and sure you need to set refresh_patterns to your convinience.
> You should set always_direct and never_direct in order to make this
> combination work good.

Once again, thanks for your patience!

Marco
Received on Mon Feb 14 2005 - 09:37:06 MST