Re: [squid-users] failing to contact cache parent

Edward wrote:
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> After a number of tests, I am starting to think so.

I don't. When Squid finds a dead peer it very clearly says so

Detected DEAD parent .....

> They told me that it was a squid system.
>
> I will double check again with them.
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> Can squid work with other cache engines like cacheflow and so on?

All of them, but for most you need to disable ICP. (generally a good
thing for most parent relations anyway, even if the parent is a Squid)

See the no-* cache_peer options. You probably want most of them..

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Henrik Nordstrom
Squid Hacker