[squid-users] cacheProtoClientHttpRequests OID

[Amos Jeffries]

On 22/06/21 12:18 am, Moti Berger wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> If I have the cache disabled:
> 
>     cache deny all
> 
> 
> Can we be sure the OID cacheProtoClientHttpRequests really counts the 
> HTTP requests received by Squid (v4.15)?
> 

The caching feature has nothing to do with that OID. So yes you SHOULD 
despite what the 'cache' directive contains.

Be aware though that OID are limited to 32-bit counters. They can wrap 
in modern proxies that run for very long times and/or high traffic loads.

Amos