On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 16:14:35 -0800, Tiz wrote: > On 1/21/11 7:57 PM, "Amos Jeffries" wrote: > >> That config is: >> http_port 80 accel defaultsite=yum-slave-01 >> cache_peer 1.1.1.1 parent 80 0 no-query round-robin name=yum1 >> forcedomain=yum-slave-01 >> cache_peer 2.2.2.2 parent 80 0 no-query round-robin name=yum2 >> forcedomain=yum-slave-02 >> cache_peer_access yum1 allow all >> cache_peer_access yum2 allow all > > Amos, > > Thanks for this and I appreciate your explanation of accel for http_port. > > The only nit was: I used forceddomain vs. forcedomain. Minor. > > I was able to stop the apache service on either slave1 or slave2 and the > squid server reacted as it should. I was using version 3.1.8. > > Yum configs allow me to use a mirrored list of repo servers - in my case, a > list of squid servers. > > So I have added a second squid server with the same config. Would there be > any foreseeable difficulty in creating a sibling relationship between the > two squid servers? Thats pretty much what siblings are about. You can expect bandwidth between the two with a little higher lag on the overall request when both are involved with serving it. Amos