RE: Squid Weekly Summary Interpretation

The user is probably subscribing to some kind of channel service, such as a
supplier of screensavers, stock info, etc. and has his browser set to check
the site on a scheduled basis that is much more often than it should be.

-----Original Message-----
From: hno@hem.passagen.se [mailto:hno@hem.passagen.se]
Sent: Monday, June 26, 2000 4:16 PM
To: Merton Campbell Crockett
Cc: Squid Users List
Subject: Re: Squid Weekly Summary Interpretation

Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:

> Requests from certain clients. If most clients have hit rates that are
less
> than 35% and you have a client with a hit rate of 60%, is there something
> that a client can do that can result in a significantly higher hit rate?

Yes, sure. That client could be using some kind of robot which repetedly
fetches the same information over and over again. For example IE5
offline browsing or similar tools.

> Does this indicate that the client is frequently accessing a small, finite
> set of pages that change infrequently?

Probably.

> Does it indicate a client that responds to "Hey, check the `so-and-so.com`
> web page, isn't it cool?"

Probably not.

> Or, does it indicate some pathological behaviour of the client in how he
> uses his web browser?

More likely misuses his web browser..

The effect is most likely not caused naturally, but by using some kind
of automated tool wasting the bandwidth, possibly without the user
knowing, remembering or understanding about it.

--
Henrik Nordstrom
Squid hacker