check your cache.log on both servers and look for 'sibling'. cat cache.log | grep -i sibling , sometimes you find message saying peer disabled for some reason. 2011/6/1 George N. Zavalis <gzabalis@xxxxxxxxx> > > I haven't received any questions/replies concerning my issue. > > Any ideas? Do you need any further clarification? > > Amos do you have any suggestion? > > Thanks in advance, > > GZ > > -----Original Message----- > From: George N. Zavalis [mailto:gzabalis@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2011 12:33 PM > To: 'Hasanen AL-Bana' > Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: RE: MultipleInstance squid > > No as far as I can tell, I am not using any rewriter at all. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Hasanen AL-Bana [mailto:hasanen@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 8:36 PM > To: George N. Zavalis > Cc: squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: MultipleInstance squid > > Are you using any sotreurl rewriter ? if you do , then rewritten URLs > will not be found by ICP > > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 8:09 PM, George N. Zavalis <gzabalis@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > Hi list, > > > > I have squid Version 2.7.STABLE9 and I tried to setup a multi instance > squid > > system as proposed at http://wiki.squid-cache.org/MultipleInstances > > > > I used the "http_port" setting to create two (2) independent squid > instances > > running at the same ip address but on different ports : Squid no 1 > > listening at port 81 and Squid no 2 listening at port 82 and icp ports at > > 3131 & 3132 respectively > > > > Also I configure the "cache_peer" setting so as to have sibling between > the > > 2 squid instances : > > cache_peer ip sibling 82 3132 no-netdb-exchange no-delay no-digest > > proxy-only , at the no 1 squid and > > cache_peer ip sibling 81 3131 no-netdb-exchange no-delay no-digest > > proxy-only , at the no 2 squid. > > > > This is where my problems are occurring. > > When the first request arrives at squid no 1 - of course > > TCP_MISS:FIRST_UP_PARENT - I can see from the access log : GET > > http://FQDN:81/resourcepath > > I was expecting when I request the same resource and squid no 2 reply to > me, > > I sould get a cache hit but instead I got a TCP_MISS: FIRST_UP_PARENT and > of > > course from the access log : GET http://FQDN:82/resourcepath > > > > Subsequent requests to either http://FQDN:81/resourcepath or > > http://FQDN:82/resourcepath are HITS > > > > I am running two (2) different proxies - one with the prefix ":81" and the > > other with the prefix ":82" - without any sibling hit. Looks like I have 2 > > isolated squids which is not what I want. > > > > Why is this happening? Is this happening because of the existence of the > > port at the URL? Can I configure squid to ignore it > > > > Thanks > > GnZ > > >