Re: Sequential sever?

On Tue, 28 Sep 1999, Dancer wrote:

> Avi Saxena wrote:
> > I just started to look into Squid log files -- it appears that Squid is a
> > sequential server i.e. handles only one request at a time -- it is not
> > multi-threaded. Is it right?

> That's both correct and incorrect. Squid can service many requests
> simultaneously. From the point of view of the user, it's doing many
> requests at once. From the point of view of the code, it's only ever
> doing one thing at a time, but that's true in any multithreaded or
> multitasking system.
>
> So it would not be true to say that squid handles 'only one request at a
> time' from a broad perspective, since squid may be recieving data,
> caching or delivering data for multiple users and multiple requests
> without having to wait for any given request to terminate before another
> can be handled.

So, what we're really saying to you, Avi, is:

 "Why don't you rephrase the question in a way that demonstrates that you
have an understanding of what the terms multi-user, multi-tasking,
multi-threading mean, and get back to us with a question that _really_
asks what you have in mind ...".

Quickly, before you start any religous arguments!

John.

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Received on Mon Sep 27 1999 - 21:43:51 MDT