Re: Byte hit ratio...negative?

On Sun, 12 Dec 1999, Jon Mansey wrote:

> Two points:
>
> 1) Could it also be the case that a 28.8 connected client is in the
> early stages of downloading a large file? If the DS3 connected cache
> has already finished its pull of the file from the server, its
> incoming bytes would be much higher than the client delivered bytes.

This is unlikely because Squid only "reads ahead" by about 16KB.
In other words, Squid stops reading from the server when it has
16KB that hasn't yet been sent to the client.
 
> 2) Is this total bytes or bytes over the last n minutes? I see it
> fluctuate wildly sometimes, I find it hard to believe it is
> calculated from the total.

Its over the last N minutes. A large Cache Digest download can
cause it to change rapidly.

Duane W.
Received on Sun Dec 12 1999 - 20:21:20 MST