[tech] Squid

Nick Bannon nick at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au
Fri Dec 17 10:03:02 WST 1999


On Thu, Dec 16, 1999 at 08:09:15PM +0800, Grahame Bowland wrote:
> > On Dec 16, Mikolaj J. Habryn scrawled :
[...]
> >   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

Yes - in fact any disk cache is a bonus. We could proxy only, on a 4MB
386 or less, and still improve on what we have...

[...]
> 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 

Do tell!

> 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.

Yum.

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

Go for an n-fish. ::-) (or even an [o-za-l]-fish )

Nick.

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