TAG NAME dead_peer_timeout

Description Defines the time period after which Squid will declare the corresponding peer as dead
Build Option
 Default
Usage
 dead_peer_timeout time(sec)
Default dead_peer_timeout 10 seconds
Synopsis

This allows Squid to define the time period for declaring a peer cache as “dead.”  If there are no ICP replies received with in the specified amount of time, Squid will declare that peer as dead and will not expect to receive any further ICP replies. However, it continues to send ICP queries, and will mark the peer as alive upon receipt of the first subsequent ICP reply.


Note

This timeout also affects when Squid expects to receive ICP replies from peers. If more than dead_peer seconds have passed since the last ICP reply was received, Squid will not expect to receive an ICP reply on the next query. Thus, if your time between requests is greater than this timeout, you will see a lot of requests sent DIRECT to origin servers instead of to your parents.

Arguments

time
 Time period to decide the cache peer as dead


Example(s)

dead_peer_timeout 50 seconds