Re: [squid-users] Squid Power

From: Martin A. Brooks <martin@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 04 Apr 2001 18:02:46 +0100

At 18:22 03/04/01 -0700, Melling Situmorang wrote:
>HI all ,
>I have squid proxy (2.3STABLE4) that was implemented on my LAN. We have 185
>clients. The highest HIT percentage was 23% , ( I saw that through webmin
>). Can I up that HIT percentage by reconfiguring my squid ?.
>My PC & squid description :
> OS : Linux Redhat6.2
> RAM : 384MB ( 250MB for squid)
> CPU : Pentium Pro II 200MHz
> HD : UW-SCSI 4GB ( 500 100 100 for squid disk )
> Cache time : 1 day
> No cache hierarcy

Any caching scheme is a balance between a hit ratio and fresh content. The
more you prod at one, the smaller the other becomes. With 185 users, the
sites visited are probably fairly disparate so anything from a 15 to 25%
hit ratio is, in my opinion, pretty good.

Martin A. Brooks
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