Hi,
Back when we tried the cache server thing (5 years ago), it turned into
more work than it was worth. We were getting 2-3 calls per day from
people that certain web pages were broken and not loading correctly,
etc.
The real kicker was when UPS shut down our cache server's IP address
because they thought we were doing "too many shipping lookups from the
same IP address". Turns out one of our bigger customers was the main
distributor for DISH Network and their automated system did a lookup on
UPS's website whenever anyone was tracking a shipment. In the end, they
canceled service ($500/month) because of this.
Bandwidth is cheap now-a-days, even in Idaho (where the closest POP is
200+ miles). A cache server is just going to add headaches, support
calls, and one more server(s) to maintain.
Travis
Microserv
Marlon K. Schafer wrote:
When we had that trouble we just had to teach them to use the "shift,
refresh" trick. forced the cache to load the new page now instead of when
it normally would have. No trouble with them after that.
marlon
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Rogato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 8:27 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Any thoughts on a decent cache server
The people that we had the most problems with were web designers who's
sites were cached and they couldn't easily see their changes.
We always told then to add no cache to their sites.
But still it's a phone call and a discussion.
Kurt Fankhauser wrote:
I call that 1% the "high-maintenance customers ".
Kurt Fankhauser
WAVELINC
P.O. Box 126
Bucyrus, OH 44820
419-562-6405
www.wavelinc.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On
Behalf Of Bo Ring
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 4:07 PM
To: WISPA General List
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Any thoughts on a decent cache server
When I was an ISP, that 1% got me in real trouble. They scream loudly.
On Jul 10, 2008, at 3:03 PM, David E. Smith wrote:
Patrick Nix Jr. wrote:
So is it safer/better to avoid caching servers altogether?
About 99% of your users won't notice, or know, or care, that you've
got
anything like that in your network. The savings in bandwidth (and,
to a
lesser extent, money not spent on bandwidth) can help you out of a
tight
spot. Just be aware that the last 1% of customers can get you into
trouble.
David Smith
MVN.net
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