Re: Squid Weekly Summary Interpretation

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:

> Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> >
> > > Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:
> > >
> > > > I would expect to see high hit rates for page objects; i.e. html, gif, jpeg,
> > > > etc. I wouldn't expect to see high hit rates for a client object, i.e. my
> > > > workstation or an interior Squid proxy cache.
> > >
> > > Now I don't quite follow you. What is a client object, and what makes it
> > > different from a page object?
> >
> > The client object or client system, if you prefer, is the entity that is
> > making the request. The page object is retrieved in response to the client
> > request.
>
> So exacly what are you seeing a high hit rate for? Requests from certain
> clients, or requests for certain resources?

Requests from certain clients. If most clients have hit rates that are less
than 35% and you have a client with a hit rate of 60%, is there something
that a client can do that can result in a significantly higher hit rate?

Does this indicate that the client is frequently accessing a small, finite
set of pages that change infrequently?

Does it indicate a client that responds to "Hey, check the `so-and-so.com`
web page, isn't it cool?"

Or, does it indicate some pathological behaviour of the client in how he
uses his web browser?

Merton Campbell Crockett
Received on Mon Jun 26 2000 - 07:34:54 MDT