Re: Cacheflow vs. Squid

Fraser Campbell wrote:
>(http://www.cacheflow.com/).

>track of both user requests and content changes and by sending refresh
>requests based on algorithms that calculate the probability that a refresh
>will be needed. CacheFlow says this technique can boost hit rate to as

>I would say that this prefetching of a page (while it may slightly
>increase response time) is going to use just as much bandwidth (possibly
>more). What does everyone think? Has anyone here used Cachflow? Sorry,

But if it is done at the quiet hours, it's bandwidth which usually is
cheaper, so it could be an advantage.
You can extend squid to use the same technique though by using a simple
tool that analyses the logfiles and prefetches the URLs using wget
or similar at low-traffic times.

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