I had been working on the settings: refresh_pattern. The doc say that is better for the new websites that use dynamic content and a friend here at the list explain me the difference. My test was simple: use 2 browsers: firefox/iexplore. Run the test twice for each site. first run firefox site1, site2,site3,site4 iexplore site1, site2,site3,site4 run ccleaner, repeat the test. run srg to get my squid-cache peformance and free-sa. They where 3 settings I try and make the same test. NOTE: every time I start a setting, I delete my cache, clean my logs and start from 0. setting 1 default settings acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? cache deny QUERY setting 2 new way: disable the old way: #acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \? #cache deny QUERY refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 setting 2: refresh_pattern -i (/cgi-bin/|\?) 0 0% 0 refresh_pattern -i \.(gif|png|jpg|jpeg|ico)$ 10080 90% 43200 refresh_pattern -i \.index.(html|htm)$ 0 40% 10080 refresh_pattern -i \.(html|htm|css|js)$ 1440 40% 40320 refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320 Them after I finish my test I start reviewing my logs and compare, the sites I use was: yahoo.com osnews.com frontera,info(local news paper) noticias,nvs.com centos.org I didn't interact with the site, just get to the first page, finish loading and done, continue with the next one. Once I check my reports I didn't see to much difference, I found just 1 log that the old way didn't "cache" 1 thing, check: setting 1/2 have this: 1337667655.898 0 192.168.50.100 TCP_MEM_HIT/200 21280 GET http://www.frontera.info/WebResource.axd? - NONE/- application/x-javascript setting 1 TCP_MISS. Example of part my logs: 1337667655.596 43 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/302 603 GET http://frontera.info/ - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 text/html 1337667655.748 54 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 1454 GET http://www.frontera.info/HojasEstilos/Horoscopos.css - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 text/css 1337667655.749 52 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 1740 GET http://www.frontera.info/Includes/Controles/LosEconomicos.css - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 text/css 1337667655.749 49 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 1557 GET http://www.frontera.info/Includes/Controles/ReporteroCiudadano.css - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 text/css 1337667655.754 54 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 1697 GET http://www.frontera.info/Includes/Controles/Elementos.css - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 text/css 1337667655.780 24 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 1406 GET http://www.frontera.info/Includes/Controles/Finanzas.css - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 text/css 1337667655.817 124 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 21639 GET http://www.frontera.info/HojasEstilos/Estilos2009.css - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 text/css 1337667655.898 0 192.168.50.100 TCP_MEM_HIT/200 21280 GET http://www.frontera.info/WebResource.axd? - NONE/- application/x-javascript 1337667655.903 20 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 1356 GET http://www.frontera.info/Interactivos/lib/jquery.jcarousel.css - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 text/css 1337667655.907 308 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 116552 GET http://www.frontera.info/Home.aspx - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 text/html 1337667655.935 23 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 3934 GET http://www.frontera.info/Interactivos/skins/fotos/skin.css - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 text/css 1337667655.966 27 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 3995 GET http://www.frontera.info/Interactivos/skins/elementos/skin.css - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 text/css 1337667655.971 23 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 4260 GET http://www.frontera.info/HojasEstilos/ui.tabs.css - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 text/css 1337667655.972 24 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 4953 GET http://www.frontera.info/HojasEstilos/thickbox.css - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 text/css 1337667655.993 21 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 4380 GET http://www.frontera.info/js/finanzas.js - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 application/x-javascript 1337667655.997 47 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 9341 GET http://www.frontera.info/Interactivos/lib/jquery.jcarousel.pack.js - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 application/x-javascript 1337667656.023 25 192.168.50.100 TCP_MISS/200 4239 GET http://www.frontera.info/videos/external_script.js - DIRECT/216.240.181.163 application/x-javascript 3 settings same TCP_MISS. I was thinking that maybe I will get more TCP_HIT, MEM_HIT, but no. noticiasmvs.com a lot HIT's but with the 3 settings. do this site disable caching their site? exist a way to find out? what could cause to still get a lot of MISS? where my settings wrong? my test was not the best way? how can I see if this new settings make a difference? Any input will be appreciated, thanks for your time!!! I'm using squid 2.7.x
