Re: [squid-users] How to trick splay trees?

From: Jannis Kafkoulas <jasecml_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 10:50:08 +0100 (BST)

Thanks for the quick answer! Now I see that I didn't express myself precisely enough :-( "to also go via cache_peer par-alt." wasn't meant as an alternative (either or) but as "as well as the domain ".fa-intracomp.net" :-) in other words, abc.intracomp.com should be directed only to par-alt. ... thanks --- El Lun 30/7/12, Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz> escribió: > De: Amos Jeffries <squid3_at_treenet.co.nz> > Asunto: Re: [squid-users] How to trick splay trees? > Para: squid-users_at_squid-cache.org > Fecha: Lunes 30 de Julio de 2012 15:25 > On 31/07/2012 1:25 a.m., Jannis > Kafkoulas wrote: > > Hi, > > > > (I use squid 2.7. STABLE9 on RedHat EL 5.6) > > > > Following problem: > > > > I have following dstdomains defined > > going to par-std and par-alt  cache_peers > respectively: > > > > acl alt dstdomain .fa-intracomp.net > > acl std dstdomain .intracomp.com > > > > Now I'd like  "abc.intracomp.com"  to also go > via  cache_peer par-alt. > > > > Following two tries didn't work: > > > > # acl alt-2 dstdom_regex -i abc.intracomp.com > > # acl alt dstdomain abc.intracomp.com > > The dstdomain one is faster. Both are correct for your > requested policy. > The key word you stated being "also" ... > > > > > The requests were sent to par-std cache_peer > > > > cache_peer 192.10.10.22    parent  >   3128    0     no-query > login=PASS proxy-only no-digest name=par-std > > cache_peer 192.10.10.22    parent  >   80    0     no-query > login=PASS proxy-only no-digest name=par-alt > > > > cache_peer_access  par-alt  allow alt-2 > > cache_peer_access  par-alt  allow alt > > cache_peer_access  par-std  allow std > > > > > > Is there a way for that to work at all? > > Unless given some specific selection algorithm (digest, ICP, > hshes, > carp, roundrobin etc) Squid lists peers in configuration > order when > attemping to pass traffic. > > As I said above the key word in your policy statements is > "also" - with > both peers *available* for use Squid will pick the first one > that works. > With par-std being listed first your logs will show it being > used until > such time as it becomes unresponsive or overloaded. Then > par-alt will > pick up the slack for that one domain. > > I think you are looking at the logs and seeing only par-std, > thinking > its not working when actually it is. You can test by > changing the order > of cache_peer definitions in your config and seeing the > preferred peer > switch to the par-alt when the new ACL is added. > > NOTE: you canot send a request via *both* using TCP unicast > links, just one. > > Amos >
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