RE: [squid-users] cache_peer with multiple IP addresses

From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@dont-contact.us>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 20:17:07 +0200 (CEST)

On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Merton Campbell Crockett wrote:

> > What are those problems, then ?
> > Details, error messages e.d...
>
> The "detected DEAD parent/sibling" messages in the cache log. Squid
> records multiple IP addresses for several siblings and the parent in an
> array. The [0] element of the array may be the one with the longest delay
> or unreachable.

You should have one cache_peer line per Squid server. Do not give
cache_peer a "macro" DNS record of a farm of servers.

> Is there a mechanism to define a preference order to IP addresses?

Not really, only among peers.

Regards
Henrik
Received on Mon Jul 19 2004 - 12:17:11 MDT

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