Check to see if the object is actually in cache. I bet that the RELEASE line you're seeing is the temporary store entry that was created purely to return the 304 message. Adrian On Tue, Mar 04, 2008, Chris Woodfield wrote: > Hi, > > We recently added the "reload-into-ims" directive to our squid config > after noticing that a large number of queries were coming in with No- > Cache set, killing our cache efficiency. We have a relatively short > max-age set, working on the assumption that the If-Modified-Since will > keep the unchanging content from being continually refreshed. > > Looking in our store.log, however, we're seeing lots of this: > > 1204650204.462 RELEASE -1 FFFFFFFF 2435DD617A6A5750936E71A36D77AF8F > 304 1204635071 1204057533 -1 image/jpeg -1/0 GET > http://example.com/object.jpg > > I'm unsure if the meaning of this. The "RELEASE" line suggests that > the object in question was deleted from the cache store, but the 304 > suggests that a 304 Not-Modified was sent to the client. > > Any insights? I can't imagine that the object should be purged from > cache if a Not-Modified is returned, but I can't tell if it actually > is or not... > > -C -- - Xenion - http://www.xenion.com.au/ - VPS Hosting - Commercial Squid Support - - $25/pm entry-level VPSes w/ capped bandwidth charges available in WA -
