> On Wed, 14 Jul 2004, Elsen Marc wrote: > > > > > > > > > During the last Millenium, we started using hierarchical > Squid arrays > > > with load balancing. We are currently using Squid 2.4 STABLE7. > > > > > > We have been migrating to a new network architecture and > have noticed > > > some problems with accessing the parent cache. This appears to be > > > > What are those problems, then ? > > Details, error messages e.d... > > The "detected DEAD parent/sibling" messages in the cache log. Squid > records multiple IP addresses for several siblings and the > parent in an > array. The [0] element of the array may be the one with the > longest delay > or unreachable. > > Is there a mechanism to define a preference order to IP addresses? Not that I known off, but there is an option to 'allocate' some weight and thus probably usage preference to defined parents.
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