Send old content if backend is down

[Stewart Robinson]

HI,

It depends on how down your site is. You might benefit from saint mode
http://www.varnish-cache.org/trac/wiki/VCLExampleSaintMode

Stew

On 29 November 2010 14:01, Klapproth, Martin <Klapproth.M at sportresult.com>wrote:

>  Hello,
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> I have a general question relating to varnish’s vcl configuration. I want
> the varnish server to send old cached objects if the backend is down (marked
> unhealthy). I have tested various grace configurations but nothing worked,
> because grace takes only effect if the backend is slow, but not if it’s
> down. So is there a way (maybe in vcl_error)?
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> Thanks,
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> Martin
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