Web caching architecture

[DESIRE] [DESIRE Web cache] This document describes the design of a Web caching system. A short checklist is provided to help the system administrator who sets up a Web cache server as a part of a Web caching system.

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• Web caching System Design Checklist
• Executive summary

• 1 Introduction
• 2 Web cache Server Software
  • Squid
  • Netscape
• 3 Clients
• 4 Location of your Web caches
• 5 Mesh, cooperating servers
  • ISP-wide neighbors/parents
  • International neighbors/parents
  • Institutional neighbors/parents
  • Configuring Squid in a mesh
• 6 Statistics and logs
• 7 Caching Policy
• 8 Hardware
• 9 Examples
• 11 References

The entire document (warning: internal links are broken)

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Ingrid Melve - DESIRE Web caching team