Re: [TCLUG:18516] Squid as an httpd-accelerator

[<andy@theasis.com>]

To speed up browsing, you can cache on disk pages that are often retrieved
-- this is good for providing improvements to common sites, say, for
multiple hosts on the LAN. Even sites that change their content often will
keep using certain elements, such as logo .gifs, or menu frames.

If you're trying to speed up your server, you can cache common pages in
RAM, so that they don't have to be read from disk when requested. 

Hope that addresses your questions somewhat. 

Andy


> Hey everyone,
> 
> I've just finished reading the FAQ at http://www.squid-cache.org/, but I'm
> left with a question.
> 
> How is it possible that running an additional service can speed up a normal
> (i.e., static) httpd server. I can understand putting Squid in front of
> something like Zope (that's why I was reading the FAQ) to cache parts of the
> site that don't change often, but what good would it be to "accelerate" a
> static Apache site?
> 
> -Tim
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