On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 19:46:00 -0600, Cody Webb wrote:
> I would like to provide content filtering for members our my congregation.
> My content filter utilizes squid. I would like to conserve bandwidth as much
> as possible (due to the costs associated with bandwidth metering).
Can I ask what are the "costs associated with bandwidth metering"?
> Would it be possible for users downloads to bypass the proxy?
> This way they could get the full speed of their cable/DSL service.
> And it would keep the monthly bandwidth usage
> going through the proxy minimal.
Can you explain how bypassing the caching proxy for large file downloads
enhances throughput or reduces bandwidth utilization?
I get the full Cable/DSL bandwidth for large file downloads via Squid:
1111285901.547 38678 192.168.0.252 TCP_MISS/200 15439237 GET
http://www.demography.state.mn.us/DownloadFiles/Profiles/cen00prof.pdf
- DIRECT/156.99.41.160 application/pdf
That's 15,439,237 bytes received in 38.6 seconds (3 megabits/second).
here is the same document served out of cache:
1111286373.206 2011 192.168.0.252 TCP_HIT/200 15439241 GET
http://www.demography.state.mn.us/DownloadFiles/Profiles/cen00prof.pdf
- NONE/- application/pdf
Yes, the cached reply is four bytes larger; the logged size includes all headers
(either way the saved file on the client comes out as 15,438,929 bytes).
Kevin Kadow
Received on Sat Mar 19 2005 - 19:51:59 MST
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