Re: [AUIX-CHAT] Re: [SA PEERING NET] Re: Proxying local stuff?

On Fri, 19 Sep 1997, Stavros Patiniotis wrote:

>
> Not bad eh, replying to my own message...
>
> > > > Those "weights" don't seem to help either :(
> > >
> > > Nope.
> >
> > There just there for cosmetics! It would be nice if they actually did
> > work.
>
> >From the release notes:
>
> # use 'weight=n' to specify a weighted parent.
> # The weight must be an integer. The default weight
> # is 1, larger weights are favored more.
>
> Therefore wieght only comes into play for parent_misses, when you have
> more than two parents defined.
>
> How hard would it be to make squid read weight for all proxies, ie have a
> weighted proxy hierachy, ignoring whether they are sibling or parent?
>
 
List them in order of preference in your squid.conf

sibA
sibB
sibC

A = weight 1
B = weight 2
C = weight 3

Regards
Peter Marelas

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