Hi Amos Since the child server don have internet access. so we only set it never_direct allow all Cheers Chia Wei Notice The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying or distribution of the message, or any action taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. This email is for communication purposes only. It is not intended to constitute an offer or form a binding agreement. Our company accepts no liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and contact the sender immediately. Thank you. Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.c o.nz> To squid-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 01-12-2011 08:33 cc PM Subject Re: CacheHierarchy - load balance, failover On 1/12/2011 10:49 p.m., Chia Wei LEE wrote: > Hi All > > I had linked squid servers into a cache hierarchy. One Child and two > Parent. > > below is the Child config > cache_peer p1.example.com parent 3128 3130 weighted-round-robin > cache_peer p2.example.com parent 3128 3130 weighted-round-robin > > Here is my question, > if let say, the p1.example.com was down, is it all the traffic will go thru > the p2.example.com ? if not, any solution to avoid the service downtime ? Maybe. What do your always_direct and never_direct and prefer_direct configuration say about it? Amos ForwardSourceID:NT00009DFE