[mythtv-users] Taking a Load Off DataDirect ???

[David Rees]

On 6/11/06, Robert Johnston <anaerin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Why not use one machine as a Squid proxy, and channel all the requests
> through that (As the DataDirect stuff is done over http). Then the
> subsequent requests will be served out of the Squid cache, rather than
> hitting DataDirect again.

This won't work as each request is user authenticated (would have to
share user accounts), a HTTP POST (can't cache results of HTTP POSTs)
and also probably dynamically generated (dynamic content generally is
missing HTTP headers which encourage caching) leading to no
cachability.

-Dave