Re: Always fetch from parent

> There are two proxies at our upstream network provider. P.Q1 and P.Q2.
> Alternatively, the name P.Q will resolve to either one or the other,
> distributing the load.
>
> Now, if our proxy fetches from either, we pay about a third of the
> bandwidth cost, than if we fetch bypass and go direct.
>
> Is there any way to get Squid to fetch a document from a fixed parent,
> in the event of a miss on all parents? (Eg, if neither P.Q1 or P.Q2 have
> the document, fetch it from P.Q)
>
You could force all traffic to go through the upstream proxies (using
either single parent bypass (essentially you have one parent) or inside
firewall). You'll find that most of the traffic going direct is cgi
scripts.

If you are neighbo(u)ring, then misses will force your cache to go direct.
Parenting, however, will make your parent caches retrieve the object for
you.

As for a cascade of parents, I've been asking for that myself :)

tom@iacom.com.au
Received on Tue Oct 08 1996 - 16:13:41 MDT