[tech] Squid

[Mikolaj J. Habryn]

>>>>> "DM" == David Manchester <mustang at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au> writes:

    >> it's a good start, to learn on.  For serious work, a good squid
    >> server need fast I/O.  ie good scsi, and 100 MBit ether.
    >> however, having something *working* is insanely better than
    >> drooling over something that's yet to appear.

    DM> Definately. IF we relegated Scarlet to NFS, we could stick
    DM> squid on another spindle or two - use some of those 300MB
    DM> drives we scored.

  Guys - reality check. There's going to be a maximum of what - ten
people using it at a time? You don't need to tune the box. Just put
squid on it, give it some disk - don't even bother with a lot, since
the best you can expect is a lousy hit rate and the expire cleaning
up space faster than users fill it.

m.