Squid as an httpd-accelerator

[Timothy Wilson <wilson@visi.com>]

Hey everyone,

I've just finished reading the FAQ at http://www.squid-cache.org/, but I'm
left with a question.

How is it possible that running an additional service can speed up a normal
(i.e., static) httpd server. I can understand putting Squid in front of
something like Zope (that's why I was reading the FAQ) to cache parts of the
site that don't change often, but what good would it be to "accelerate" a
static Apache site?

-Tim

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