Re: http acel mode and frequently changing pages

>Greg Wohletz writes:
>
>>I have squid running in acelerator mode in front of an apache server
>>on our main web server. I have compiled in the expires module in
>>apache and on a page that changes frequently have the following in
>>the .htaccess file:
>>
>>ExpiresActive On
>>ExpiresDefault A300
>>
>>
>>However, it is still often over 24 hours before changes to this web
>>page are seen. Does anyone know why this would be happening?
>
>Please forgive me, but I am constantly fascinated by people
>who run Squid as an accelerator, only to have something about
>their web server break, yet they still want to use an "accelerator."
>
>Why are you running Squid as an accelerator?

Because most of the web pages are stored on a fileserver and not on the web
server itself. I would like frequently accessed web pages to be cached on
the web servers disk to reduce the load on the network and on the
fileserver.

                                                --Greg
Received on Sun Nov 22 1998 - 16:54:38 MST