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Re: Squid
From: Kevin Halgren <kevin.halgren () WASHBURN EDU>
Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:23:29 -0500
Using cachemgr.cgi (has to be moved into Apache cgi-bin directory, fyi), under "General Runtime Information" and looking at the Byte hit ratios. Since the primary purpose was to server as a proxy, monitoring the caching stats long-term hasn't been a priority. However, spot-checking under typical use we see around 10%
Kevin On 6/24/2011 12:46 PM, Kevin Wilcox wrote:
On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 9:13 AM, Kevin Halgren <kevin.halgren () washburn edu> wrote:We've retained the caching function because it's helpful when downloading large updates to refresh systems, nonetheless we've only seen about a 10% reduction in traffic from utilizing the squid cache. At that level, installing a squid proxy for general campus use simply isn't worth the maintenance and occasional trouble tickets that it would generate.How are you measuring the saved bandwidth? SNMP against the squid servers? kmw
-- Kevin Halgren Assistant Director - Systems and Network Services Washburn University (785) 670-2341 kevin.halgren () washburn edu