Christoph Haas wrote:
>
> Hi...
>
> How do I cache large objects? I have already set the maximum_object_size
> to 8000000 KB and the cache_dir is set to "15000 16 256". There are two
> proxy servers in a sibling relation. However whenever I download files
> (like .tgz archives) I get TCP_MISS time and again. What is required to
> make Squid cache those files? Is the web server maybe playing tricks
> with me? I feel a little locked-out of the internals of the Squid process.
>
One issue to check first, is the cacheability and freshness info
given by the remote webserver for the given object(s).
Check this out with e.g :
http://www.ircache.net/cgi-bin/cacheability.py
M.
