RE: [squid-users] Low Hit Rate

It's in testing stage at the moment so there's about 20 users using the proxy at the moment. From the squid graphs I generated a little while back here's some more info on the usage:

Graph of TCP Access (5 minute total)

Total Accesses: 75095
Average Accesses: 3128.95 per hour
Total Cache Hits: 6960
Average Cache Hits: 290 per hour
% Cache Hits: 9.26 %
Total Cache IMS Hits: 1569
Average Cache IMS Hits: 65.37 per hour
Total Cache Misses: 36863
Average Cache Misses: 1535.95 per hour
% Cache Misses: 49.08 %

Graph of TCP Transfers (5 minute total)

Total Transfers: 608.4 Mb
Average Transfers: 25.3 Mb per hour
Total Cache Hits: 38.5 Mb
Average Cache Hits: 1.6 Mb per hour
% Cache Hits: 6.34 %
Total Cache IMS Hits: 531.1 Kb
Average Cache IMS Hits: 22.1 Kb per hour
Total Cache Misses: 509.7 Mb
Average Cache Misses: 21.2 Mb per hour
% Cache Misses: 83.77 %

-----Original Message-----
From: Luis Daniel Lucio Quiroz [mailto:luis.daniel.lucio_at_gmail.com]
Sent: 09 March 2011 17:32
To: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org
Subject: Re: [squid-users] Low Hit Rate

Le mercredi 9 mars 2011 09:31:31, Mark George a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I've recently installed Squid 2.7 Stable on Centos 5 and experiencing an
> extremely low hit rate at approximately 5%. If I tail the access log I see
> a lot of TCP_MISS, and looking at the store log I see a lot of RELEASE and
> very little SWAP_OUT. Any ideas how I can go about diagnosing the problem?
>
> Mark

squid hit rate depends on many factors, can you expose us how is your
environment, in terms of how many users, bandwith compsumtio for http
surfering, etc etc.

LD

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