On Mon, 28 Feb 2005, Robert Borkowski wrote: > James Stocks wrote: > > I've installed Squid on OS X 10.3, I'm trying to use it to cache large > > files (mainly stuff like OS updates). The problem is that according to > > store.log, everything seems to be released from the cache straight away: > > > > 1109458635.046 RELEASE -1 FFFFFFFF 5190EC019A89E3FF32D62D1693A09C7E 200 > > 1109458630 1107797158 -1 application/octet-stream 6946727/194984 > > GET http://ftp.plig.net/pub/apache/dist/httpd/httpd-2.0.53.tar.gz > > 1109460094.435 RELEASE -1 FFFFFFFF E2F545F6D2407B81FB35E1FF0140886F 200 > > 1109459923 1107797158 -1 application/octet-stream 6946727/6946727 > > GET http://ftp.plig.net/pub/apache/dist/httpd/httpd-2.0.53.tar.gz > > > > This is my squid.conf: > > > > cache_effective_user squid > > cache_effective_group squid > > http_port 192.168.0.81:3128 > > http_port 127.0.0.1:3128 > > cache_mgr cache@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > visible_hostname stocksy.is-a-geek.com > > cache_dir ufs /usr/local/squid/var/cache 7000 16 256 > > cache_swap_low 90 > > cache_swap_high 95 > > maximum_object_size 2097152 KB > > cache_mem 32 MB > > refresh_pattern -i \.gz$ 4320 100% 43200 reload-into-ims override-expire > > override-lastmod ignore-reload > > refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 > > cache_log /usr/local/squid/var/logs/cache.log > > cache_access_log /usr/local/squid/var/logs/access.log > > cache_store_log /usr/local/squid/var/logs/store.log > > logfile_rotate 4 > > acl All src 0/0 > > acl Manager proto cache_object > > acl Localhost src 127.0.0.1/32 > > acl Safe_ports port 80 21 443 563 70 210 280 488 591 777 1025-65535 > > acl SSL_ports port 443 563 > > acl CONNECT method CONNECT > > acl SpruceWayNetwork src 192.168.0.0/24 > > http_access allow Manager Localhost > > http_access deny Manager > > http_access deny !Safe_ports > > http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports > > http_access allow SpruceWayNetwork > > http_access deny All > > > > I googled for similar problems, the only solutions I found were that the > > cache wasn't writable (I did 'chown -R squid:squid /usr/local/squid') or > > that the cache_swap_low was higher than cache_swap_high (which it isn't). > > I also increased the maximum_object_size to 2097152 KB. > > > > Many thanks, > > James Stocks. > > > > > > > > The FFFFFFFF in the store.log means the memory object was released. > Squid puts incoming objects into memory, swaps them out to disk, and the if > the object is larger than the tunable maximum_object_size_in_memory' it > releases the memory object. OS updates tend to be bigger than the 8 KB default > for this. > > Is there a SWAPOUT line for that same object? You might want to check with Apple. They may have set the updates to be non-cacheable. Some updates are only available to users with a current support contract. Merton Campbell Crockett -- BEGIN: vcard VERSION: 3.0 FN: Merton Campbell Crockett ORG: General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems; Intelligence and Exploitation Systems N: Crockett;Merton;Campbell EMAIL;TYPE=internet: mcc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx TEL;TYPE=work,voice,msg,pref: +1(805)497-5045 TEL;TYPE=work,fax: +1(805)497-5050 TEL;TYPE=cell,voice,msg: +1(805)377-6762 END: vcard