Re: [squid-users] squid cluster with shared storage.

On Thu, Jan 18, 2007, Pranav Desai wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Is it possible to setup a cluster of 2-3 squid machines with some
> shared storage so that once cached the objects can be accessed by all
> 3. I dont know what kind of shared storage we will use, but I want to
> figure it out in theory.

Not yet. Its one of the things I'd like to see possible with any storage
manager rewrite.

> I am not sure if this is feasible since I believe each squid stores
> some metadata about the objects on the disk. If not, then is there a
> better way to do it ?

Each copy of Squid keeps a copy of the index in memory. That would have
to be 'shared' between each Squid somehow.

Adrian
Received on Thu Jan 18 2007 - 18:59:44 MST