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Checking whether nginx cache is working

Just set up nginx caching and wondering whether it’s working properly? You can check it pretty easily:  
curl -I URL.goes.here
That should return a bunch of information, but the important bit is:
X-Proxy-Cache: MISS
  Well, in this case it’s not working. If it’s working you’ll see a HIT there.
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ZFS: How to check compression efficiency

  If you have enabled compression on a ZFS folder you can check to see just how much disk space you’re saving. Use the following command:  
sudo zfs get all [poolname]/[folder] | grep compressratio  
An example:  
sudo zfs get all backup01/data | grep compressratio
  returns the following:  
backup01/data compressratio  1.50x  –  
Here we can see we have a compression ratio of 1.5x. Compression is an excellent way of reducing disk space used and improving performance, so long as you have a modern CPU with enough spare power to handle it. Some data will not be easily compressible and you may see less benefit – other data will be much more compressible and you may reach quite high compression ratios.   If we run the same command on a folder full of already-compressed RAW image files:  
sudo zfs get all backup01/photos | grep compressratio backup01/photos compressratio 1.05x  
…we can see that they do not compress as easily as the documents in the data folder, giving us only a 1.05x compression ratio. You can see the compression ratio of all of your ZFS pools and folders with the following:  
sudo zfs get all | grep compressratio
  Check your own datasets and see how much you are saving!