Re: ICP with accel mode?

On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Matthias Weigel wrote:

> Hi,
>
> when using squid in accel mode, i can have multiple squids accelerating
> one server.
> Do these multiple squids talk to each other ICP and fetch from their
> siblings? Or do they only fetch from the real http server?

you probably could use ICP if you like.

If your accelerator and real server are close to each other, then
ICP probably does not benefit you much.

 
> In case of a crash of the http server (or the network link to it) can i
> tell squid to use an alternate http server?

Probably not, unless you give the HTTP server name multiple IP addresses.

 
> Is it even possible that squid selects the "best/fastest" http server of
> a set of http servers in accel mode?

No. You would have to code that up.
Received on Mon Jun 26 2000 - 12:07:54 MDT