Re: Problem with origin server connections

On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 11:07, Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> tis 2003-03-11 klockan 16.40 skrev Andres Kroonmaa:
>
> > Not sure if this could be valid reason, but can it be that when squid
> > goes for origin check, url is put into "private" state, invalidating
> > local copy until origin reply allows it to become cached again. And if
> > origin reply never comes, all new requests for same url have to go to
> > origin?
>
> The StoreEntry is unmodified until a reply to the IMS is seen, but it is
> possible something goes wrong if a negative reply to the IMS query is
> seen.

The cases where we have had the most problems are when the NFS server is
not responding on the origin server but the origin server and listener
are still responding. I do not know what response the listener would
send in this event. I will see about trying to simulate this with some
test boxes at my desk.
 
> > > Sounds odd that a reconfigure makes Squid snap out of the condition. I
> > > can understand if restart helps, but not a reconfigure..
> >
> > All connections forcibly closed?
>
> Which does not happen on a reconfigure.. very little besides rereading
> the configuration happens on a reconfigure.
>
> --
> Henrik Nordstrom <hno@marasystems.com>
> MARA Systems AB

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