Name

redirect_children

Synopsis

This directive specifies how many redirector processes Squid should start. Client requests are written to the first idle redirector process. Squid warns you (via cache.log) when all processes are simultaneously busy. If you see this warning, you should increase the number of child processes and restart Squid.

Syntax

redirect_children number

Default

redirect_children 5

Example

redirect_children 20

Related

redirect_program, sleep_after_fork, redirector_bypass

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