Re: [squid-users] Config for "multiplexing" non-caching proxy

Chris Woodfield wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've noticed that either by design or as a side-effect of squid's
> caching that if I request the same object from multiple clients at the
> same time, squid will effectively "multiplex" the transfer - that is,
> use a single transfer from origin to feed the object to each client as
> it receives the incoming http transfer. IMO this is a Good Thing.
>
> I'm wondering if it's possible to extend this behavior to a non-caching
> proxy - this would allow the utilization of squid as a non-caching CARP
> proxy while protecting a parent from large numbers of requests for a
> single object (which in a CARP setup would normally all get sent to the
> same parent, potentially overloading it).
>
> So the goal is to utilize this multiplexing capability in squid while
> not actually caching the content. However, testing shows that when I
> disable disk caching (via "cache_dir null" or by "maximum_object_size 0
> KB", this behavior is no longer present.

Correct. This is the collapsed forwarding feature at work. It currently
requires a disk copy to be used as intermediary source so that all
clients can get at it.

I've added your info to the known shortcomings section of the wiki so
that when it gets re-written for 3.x this issue can be resolved.

Amos

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