[plug] webcahe

[Craig Ringer]

> According to calamaris, I have a ~27% hit rate on the cache (almost 40MB
> saved over the report period, and I also run a redirector - not to be
> sneezed at for a modem!)
Not at all. Thats kind of impressive actually.

> Thats with me, and two teenagers with wildly
> differing habits.  The main reason I run squid is the considerable
> subjective speed up it gives.  Its those graphics that make the
> difference!  Its not only the downloaded bits that are saved, but the
> bandwidth on the link (modem in my case) is available for whats not in
> the cache.

> on that one.  I mainly use galeon and netscape to browse, with the
> others using IE - my "opinion" is that most browser caches suck big
> time.
Hmm. Mozilla/NS6/IE5.5+ are pretty good. The problem now is that many
websites have headers that require the browser to download again and
again for stat counting etc.

> Also, if on a lan, make sure you use squid in transparent proxy mode so
> the little "<DELETED>" dont bypass it and screw up your nice network
> design! 
Oh, transproxy is the _only_ way I'd ever do it.

-- 
|  Craig Ringer
|  IT Manager, POST Newspapers
|  http://www.postnewspapers.com.au/
|  --If it ain't broke, add features 'till it is
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