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8.9 Exercises

  • Try to compile all possible storage schemes on your system.

  • Run Squid with a separate cache_dir for each storage scheme you can get to compile.

  • Run Squid with one or more diskd cache_dirs. Then run the ipcs -o command.



    		Preface
    		Chapter 1. Introduction
    		Chapter 2. Getting Squid
    		Chapter 3. Compiling and Installing
    		Chapter 4. Configuration Guide for the Eager
    		Chapter 5. Running Squid
    		Chapter 6. All About Access Controls
    		Chapter 7. Disk Cache Basics
    		Chapter 8. Advanced Disk Cache Topics
    		8.1 Do I Have a Disk I/O Bottleneck?
    		8.2 Filesystem Tuning Options
    		8.3 Alternative Filesystems
    		8.4 The aufs Storage Scheme
    		8.5 The diskd Storage Scheme
    		8.6 The coss Storage Scheme
    		8.7 The null Storage Scheme
    		8.8 Which Is Best for Me?
    		8.9 Exercises
    		Chapter 9. Interception Caching
    		Chapter 10. Talking to Other Squids
    		Chapter 11. Redirectors
    		Chapter 12. Authentication Helpers
    		Chapter 13. Log Files
    		Chapter 14. Monitoring Squid
    		Chapter 15. Server Accelerator Mode
    		Chapter 16. Debugging and Troubleshooting
    		Appendix A. Config File Reference
    		Appendix B. The Memory Cache
    		Appendix C. Delay Pools
    		Appendix D. Filesystem Performance Benchmarks
    		Appendix E. Squid on Windows
    		Appendix F. Configuring Squid Clients