Re: [squid-users] ICP and sibling peers in reverse proxies?

> Dear all,
>
> If we conceder the following deployment diagram:
>
> INTERNET
> |
> +--------------+
> |Load Balancer |
> +--------------+
> | |
> +-------+ +-------+
> |Squid_1| |Squid_2|
> +-------+ +-------+
> | |
> +--------+ +--------+
> |Apache_1| |Apache_2|
> +--------+ +--------+
>
> There the squid servers are configured as reverse proxies in front of
> the apache backend (original/parent) servers.
>
> The apache servers are identical. That means that the same HTTP/Get
> request performed on either of them will always produce the same
> response. As a result the all responses will be cached twice. Once on
> squid_1 and again on squid_2.
>
> Is it possible to avoid the redundancy explained above with the help of
> the ICP protocol and configuring both squid servers as sibling peers?
>

Yes. you can set the peers as siblings and configure the proxy-only option.
It may not be the optimal setup though.

Amos
Received on Thu Oct 02 2008 - 01:58:33 MDT