Re: [squid-users] seemingly stupid question about cache_dir and TCP_HIT

On Tue, 15 Dec 2009 11:06:40 -0500, "B. Cook"
<bcook_at_poughkeepsieschools.org> wrote:
> Trying to setup a small local proxy for testing..
>
> 2.7 Stable7 on FreeBSD 32bit
>
> here are the mem and cache entries from squid.conf..
>
> # memory options
> memory_pools off
> cache_mem 1024 MB
> maximum_object_size_in_memory 2 MB
>
> ## cache options
> cache deny all
> cache_dir null /tmp
> cache_access_log /var/log/squid/access.log
> cache_store_log none
> cache_log /var/log/squid/cache.log
> cache_mem 1024 MB
> no_cache deny nocache
> cache_effective_group squid
> cache_effective_user squid
>
> in short the TCP_HIT *never* happens..
>
> 341843 /var/log/squid/access.log
> 60M /var/log/squid/access.log
>
> and the log is rotated daily.. so we are using the proxy *heavily*..
>
> > grep -c TCP_HIT /var/log/squid/access.log
> 0
>
> > grep -c TCP_MISS /var/log/squid/access.log
> 327072
>
> is it because I have the cache_dir disable the reason for the 0
TCP_HITs?

Sort of, but not in the way you think...

 "cache deny all" prevents any things being stored by Squid.

 *_HIT is something being taken from existing storage for a client.

Add the two together...

Amos
Received on Tue Dec 15 2009 - 21:27:21 MST