Re: [squid-users] cache tree structure

From: Michael R. Wayne <wayne@dont-contact.us>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 12:35:26 -0400

Joe Cooper wrote:
> For example, don't do Squid 3 -> Squid 2 -> Squid 1 -> Internet. This
> is a badly implemented cache topology, and latency will suffer because
> of it.

Henrik Nordström wrote:
>
> In a sibling relation the request will only be sent to the sibling if the
> sibling claims it has the response cached.
>
> In a parent relation the request is always sent there, assuming the parent
> will find the requested data if not available in it's cache.

Given a star of decent speed WAN links which are not saturated and
cache servers at both the remote as well as central locations, it
seems that using a sibling relationship, rather than parent/child
is being recommended.

As this feels counterintuitive, I'm just looking for confirmation.

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