Parameter "weight" in squid.conf

Hi Squidies,
i use 2.2STABLE5 and utilise two parent squid caches. One is lame due to
slow LAN connectivity and configured as "parent no-query", the other one is
really fast and is configured as "parent default". [How] do i have to set
the parameter "weight" of option "cache_peer" to distinguish any further
between lame and fast parent? The comment in squid.conf says only this:

# use 'weight=n' to specify a weighted parent.
# The weight must be an integer. The default weight
# is 1, larger weights are favored more.

Duanne Wessels wrote on Tue, 08 Apr 97 09:11:43 -0700 this:

         When an ICP reply is received from a parent, we calculate the
         round trip time (RTT). Then we divide the RTT by the weight.
         When all replies (all misses) arrive, we'll select the parent
         with the lowest weighted RTT.

My questions:
1. Does it make sense to use parameter "weight" of option "cache_peer" if
only one parent is supposed to get ICP queries anyway?
1. What means 'larger': Is a relation 'lame weight=1' vs. 'fast weight=5'
enough to prefer the fast one nearly always?
3. Are there any other options to give more weight or preference to a
certain parent?

Thanks in advance for any help
Martin Bellenberg

PS: The lame one is needed for certain intranets and as a failover, if the
fast one is not accessible. Any other conf-hints to that?

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Received on Tue Nov 16 1999 - 06:32:12 MST