Re: [squid-users] Problems in downloading from a parent...

From: Michael Wray <mwray@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:31:56 -0600

Try looking at max_reply_body size and max_reply_header on your
backend...some websites are braindead and send the whole thing back as a
header, instead of sending a header and a body. I bet you are hitting the
limit on that, since that affects ALL things, not just cached items.

On Thursday 31 March 2005 10:14 am, Marco Crucianelli wrote:
> I've just started implementing my squid "solution" after a long studying
> period...right now I've got this problem: I've got a frontend squid
> working like a Layer7 Switch for a backend squid, configured like parent
> proxy using:
>
> cache_peer 10.50.5.80 parent 8080 3130 proxy-only
>
>
> in the frontend squid.conf
> Now, I wanted to use the front end squid for small files only (thus I've
> used max_obj_size 4096KB) while the backend squid for big files (using
> max_obj_size 2000000KB). Now the problem is, whenever I try to download
> a big file, therefore passing through the frontend squid, I only get 4MB
> of that file. It seems like the frontend squid "cut" the connection with
> the backend squid while this one is sending back the file! Why?!? I
> mean: reading the squid.conf.default "max_object_size file_size" should
> only tell squid not to cache anything bigger than file_size, while, in
> my case, it seems like it even makes it stop receiving the file!!!??
> Maybe it's my fault? Couldn't I understand how it really works or what?
>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Marco Crucianelli
Received on Thu Mar 31 2005 - 09:30:46 MST

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