In The Optimist's Daughter, we are in the South once more, but a South where real distinctions are made between Texas and Mississippi, and Mississippi and West Virginia.
Host-Level Cache Host Settings. The cache host settings stored on each cache host are functional and are related to settings required for the software to run; for example, they set where the cache host can find the cluster configuration storage location and how log sinks should be configured.
A Hosts File on your computer acts like your own special phone book. Just like a DNS server, it lists a web address and its corresponding IP address. But there are some important differences: If a web address is listed in the Hosts file on your computer, your browser uses that entry instead of querying a DNS server. There is no check on whether the IP address listed in the Hosts file is correct. It can be a local address (127.0.0.1), which effectively blocks access to the site, or it can be the address of an old or malicious web server, which prevents you from accessing the actual web site.