[tech] Squid

David Manchester mustang at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Fri Dec 17 09:08:50 WST 1999


> >>>>> "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.

Currently, yes - but the intention has always been to set up a charged/
authed proxy for/at UCC. Small - yes, that's why I suggested the little
300MB drives.
It'd have to be on a reasonable machine, or people will probably get a little
upset at the delays. People have been talking about moving Scarlet to NFS,
as its a little slow (apparently, *shrug*) & that machine has 2 SCSI busses
& 100Mb ethernet.

Cheers
/dave
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