Which version of squid is this? adrian On Tue, Jan 22, 2008, Amitava Bhattacharyya wrote: > I am using simple file extension based delay pools. This is what the > config looks like: > > acl big-files url_regex -i .flv .avi .wmv .mpg .mpeg .mpe .divx .mov > .qt .mp3 .wav .ram .rm .rar .zip .gz .bz2 .iso .exe .rpm .deb .raw > delay_pools 2 > delay_class 1 3 > delay_access 1 Allow big-files lan > delay_access 1 Deny all > delay_parameters 1 524288/524288 -1/-1 16384/4194304 > delay_class 2 1 > delay_access 2 Allow lan > delay_access 2 Deny big-files > delay_access 2 Deny all > delay_parameters 2 -1/-1 > > The "downloads" delay pool is rarely, if ever, less than 90% utilized, > according to squidclient (the "current" reading). That would mean ~4 > Mbps + normal browsing bandwidth. But the server in traffic, at the > same time, is ~120 kBps. Shouldn't it be much higher? > > On Jan 21, 2008 12:11 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008, Amitava Bhattacharyya wrote: > > > I followed this discussion: " Re: Re: Cache Streaming > > > Video?" (http://www.squid-cache.org/mail-archive/squid-users/200701/0154.html). > > > Seems that making the maximum_object_size higher has an effect, so I > > > have set it to 50 MB. Calamaris says youtube.com is getting a hit of > > > 40%. > > > But the problem is not just youtube. People do download 100 MB+ files. > > > I want to test whether separating text/* mimetypes from the others and > > > putting the other mimetypes on a separate, bandwidth limited stream > > > would help. > > > > I thought squid-3 had some "class 4 delay pool" stuff to make this a possibility > > right now. > > > > You can fake it though, with tcp_outgoing_tos based ACLs. You set the TOS > > (or select another IP!) for certain mime types, and then rate limit that > > IP address. > > > > (I've done the latter quite successfully. ;) > > > > > > > > Adrian > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 20, 2008 9:44 PM, Adrian Chadd <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > The first thing I'd do before looking at delay pools is to grab > > > > a few days of logfiles, pass them through calamaris or something > > > > similar and generate some traffic reports. > > > > > > > > If youtube is a big bandwidth hog then you may benefit from some > > > > of my work to make Squid cache youtube. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Adrian > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2008, Amitava Bhattacharyya wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > > > I am a member of the Student Network Club at our institute. We are > > > > > facing problems related to slow access speeds, even though the > > > > > bandwidth is not so less (12 Mbps for students). We decided to set up > > > > > our own proxy server (since getting authorization to access/modify the > > > > > institute servers would take quite some time) to monitor utilization. > > > > > As part of this exercise, we would also like to implement delay pool > > > > > based bandwidth management. Since it is very likely that big downloads > > > > > and youtube are eating up the bandwidth, will a mime type based delay > > > > > pool work in this case? And how exactly do I set it up? > > > > > For example, if i define two delay pools, one based on based on hostel > > > > > IPs and the other on mime-types (question: would this be a class 1 > > > > > delay pool?), and say give limit of 16 kBps / 4 MB for the downloads > > > > > stream, how will this be enforced? Will this mean that _every_ > > > > > download less than 4 MB goes un-delayed, and beyond that it fills up > > > > > at 16 kBps? > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > > > > Amitava Bhattacharyya > > > > > PGP Class of 2008, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore > > > > > J-310, Hostel Blocks, IIM Bangalore > > > > > Bangalore, Karnataka 560076 INDIA > > > > > +919986695721 > > > > > > > > -- > > > > - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - > > > > - $25/pm entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA - > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Best regards, > > > > > > Amitava Bhattacharyya > > > PGP Class of 2008, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore > > > J-310, Hostel Blocks, IIM Bangalore > > > Bangalore, Karnataka 560076 INDIA > > > +919986695721 > > > > -- > > > > - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - > > - $25/pm entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA - > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > > Amitava Bhattacharyya > PGP Class of 2008, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore > J-310, Hostel Blocks, IIM Bangalore > Bangalore, Karnataka 560076 INDIA > +919986695721 -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $25/pm entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA -
