[tech] Squid

[Grand Poobah Maset]

On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, David Manchester wrote:

> > >>>>> "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.

anyone ever heard of kraken?

Maset the Grandiose.
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