[tech] Squid

[Grahame Bowland]

> On Dec 16, Mikolaj J. Habryn scrawled :

> >>>>> "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.

As I just gained employment and I heard the word 'Squid' mentioned in the
interview, I figure I'll play with it on the 486. Even if it may be 
useless, it'll be there. And maybe if it's there then someone will 
complain about how slow it is and then it'll end up on a decent box.

Now all I need is an m-fish with squid connotations :)

-- 
Grahame Bowland - UCC Sysadmin, Ordinary Committee Member

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