Re: [squid-users] Architecture for scaling delivery of large static files

Jamie Tufnell wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Amos Jeffries<squid3_at_treenet.co.nz> wrote:
>> On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:22:25 +1000, Jamie Tufnell <diesql_at_googlemail.com>
>>> We are talking files up-to-1GB in size here. Taking that into
>>> consideration, would you still recommend this architecture?
>> Yes, the architecture itself is sound.
>
> OK cool. Thanks again for the responses.
>
> I just have one more question relating to this architecture that I am
> having trouble finding in the archives or on Google, possibly because
> I don't know exactly what to search for...
>
> If a client requests a large file and it's not in the cache, does
> Squid have the ability to start delivering the file before it has
> fully retrieved it from the origin?
>

Yes.

Amos

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