Re: [squid-users] Squid using a lot of my bandwidth

maximum_object_size only changes what squid will save.
reply_body_max_size sets the limit on download sizes.

Squid only checks for updates when that URL is requested. It does not
automatically check back.

        -- Brian

On Monday 20 August 2001 07:07 pm, you wrote:
> oh sorry ... my mistake ... but in my conf is the right
> directive "maximum_object_size" ... but if my max obj size is
> only 1Mb, why is my squid box doing a big download ... I think
> that is the update of the cached objects... but this is very bad
> if at sometime squid uses all my internet downlink with this
> update. Any other guess ?????
>
> Brian wrote:
> > There is no largest_object_size. Perhaps you mean
> > maximum_object_size?
> >
> > That only changes what squid will *save*. To limit what it will
> > retrieve, use reply_body_max_size.
> >
> > If your users often download large objects, consider setting
> > maximum_object_size to something larger, such as 16MB.
> >
> > Also use the cache manager to find out what is being requested that
> > ties up all of the bandwidth.
> >
> > -- Brian
> >
> > On Monday 20 August 2001 06:40 pm, Denys Sene dos Santos wrote:
> > > any guess about it ????
> > >
> > > Denys Sene dos Santos wrote:
> > > > Hi there,
> > > >
> > > > I have a Squid box in a gateway between two
> > > > networks to provide transparent cache for my dial users.
> > > > Sometimes, it pass hours (1, 2 or 3 hours) using all
> > > > my bandwidth to the internet, as it was downloading
> > > > some big object, but my largest_object_size is only 1Mb.
> > > > May be an updating of various objects??? Can I set it
> > > > to do a soft update to prevent it ???
> > > >
> > > > thanks, and sorry for my poor english.
> > > > bye.
> > > >
> > > > -----------------------------------------------------------
> > > > Denys Sene dos Santos - sene@onlinet.com.br / sene@ovip.net
Received on Mon Aug 20 2001 - 17:13:54 MDT