It seems that squid is significantly slower than apache in serving large files. Is this to be expected?
[cfulton@a (17:51:54) ~/test]$ wget http://www.test.com/static/m1.zip --2012-04-30 17:51:55-- http://www.test.com/static/m1.zip Resolving www.test.com... 172.16.9.22 Connecting to www.test.com|172.16.9.22|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 26702767 (25M) [application/zip] Saving to: âm1.zipâ 100%[==================================================================================================================================================================>] 26,702,767 4.14M/s in 6.1s 2012-04-30 17:52:02 (4.17 MB/s) - âm1.zipâ [cfulton@a (17:52:02) ~/test]$ wget http://www.test.com:8080/static/m1.zip --2012-04-30 17:52:09-- http://www.test.com:8080/static/m1.zip Resolving www.test.com... 172.16.9.22 Connecting to www.test.com|172.16.9.22|:8080... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 26702767 (25M) [application/zip] Saving to: âm1.zip.1â 100%[==================================================================================================================================================================>] 26,702,767 72.0M/s in 0.4s 2012-04-30 17:52:10 (72.0 MB/s) - âm1.zip.1â IMPORTANT: This email message is intended only for the use of the individual to whom, or entity to which, it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are NOT the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please reply to the sender immediately and permanently delete this email. Thank you.