[squid-users] refresh_pattern configuration

Squid Cache: Version 2.5.STABLE12
and
Squid Cache: Version 2.7.STABLE5

I am using following refresh_patterns and never encounter any problem.
e.g once I visit a website, on next visit usually squid serves it from
cache, and TCP_HIT or TCP_MEM_HIT or TCP_REFRESH_HIT etc are so common
in '/var/log/squid/access'

But a person(who I beleive is a Linux/Squid Guru) critcize on the
refresh_pattern I am using in squid.

So please pass your comments and corrections on the following configs

#Suggested default:
refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
####refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320

refresh_pattern -i \.ico$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.png$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.jpg$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.jpeg$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.pdf$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.zip$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.tar$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.gz$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.tgz$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.exe$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.rpm$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.prz$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.ppt$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.doc$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.inf$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.swf$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.mid$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.wav$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload
refresh_pattern -i \.mp3$ 43200 100% 43200 override-lastmod
override-expire ignore-reload

refresh_pattern -i \.index.(html|htm)$ 0 40% 10080
refresh_pattern -i \.(html|htm|css|js)$ 1440 40% 40320
refresh_pattern . 0 40% 40320

Regards
--ms
Received on Sat Aug 08 2009 - 04:36:52 MDT