> Amos Jeffries wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm trying to test the CARP load balancing. >>> >>> squid-2.6.16/src >>> >>> But the documentation seems to be bugged. >>> >>> >> <snip> >> >>> The only supported parametter in the cache_peer parsing directive seems >>> to be 'carp' not 'carp-load-factor'. >>> >>> >> >> The authoritative documentation provided appears to be correct. >> Looks like the docs you are using were written for squid 2.5 >> >> http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/cfgman/cache_peer.html >> >> >> >>> Also from the source: void carpInit(void) >>> "carp.c" 193 lines --49%-- >>> /* and load factor */ >>> p->carp.load_factor = ((double) p->weight) / (double) W; >>> >>> it seems to me, that the load_factor is in fact, calculated from peer >>> weight? >>> >> >> Yes. carp-load-factor has been obsoleted by the weight= option since >> 2.6. >> >> Amos >> > > More specifically, since 2.6 STABLE 16. See > http://www.squid-cache.org/Versions/v2/2.6/squid-2.6.STABLE16-RELEASENOTES.html#s2. > > Chris > well, if we are going to be that pedantic. :) It was introduced in 2.6-14 or earlier, and left undocumented (bug 2052). During regular squid.conf cleanups of 2.6s15, the 3.0 format using weight= was documented in 2.6s14-20070821. /squidward Amos
