Hi,
We run a pair of CMS/Atlas/CVMFS squid servers. No issues seen here.
We only ever restart them for kernel updates (or power outages) so the
wiping of the cache hasn't been an issue.
Yours,
Chris.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Testbed Support for GridPP member institutes [mailto:TB-
> [log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sam Skipsey
> Sent: 31 January 2012 20:37
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Squid Usage, Sharing, and Failovers
>
> Certainly, we run a combined CVMFS/ATLAS Frontier squid at Glasgow,
> with no problems at all.
>
> I think that most sites with a Frontier squid added CVMFS to that
> rather than commissioning a new one, so I suspect we're not unusual in
> this.
>
> Sam
>
>
> On 31 January 2012 19:19, Alastair Dewhurst <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>
> Hello
>
> I think that most sites have squids of some type (be it for cvmfs
> or Frontier for ATLAS, CMS, or LHCb). Many sites (not just in the UK)
> have wondered if it is possible to combine these squids and from a load
> point of view this should be fine. However having not done this myself
> (as the Tier 1 keeps all it's services separate for the moment) I don't
> feel like I am in a good position to advise other sites what to do.
>
> Therefore if anyone has tried sharing ATLAS and CMS Frontier
> squids, sharing Frontier and CVMFS squids or doing anything cunning
> with failover should their primary squid go wrong I would be interested
> to hear. I will be putting the useful information I compile on to a
> WLCG twiki page. Even if you tried things and it didn't work it may
> still be a useful starting point. ATLAS have asked me to test this so
> I am trying to learn from other peoples mistakes first!
>
> Thanks
>
> Alastair
>
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