Re: WCCP ?

I agree with you Peter! :-> Cheers. :->

fooler.

P.S. try the foundry layer 4 switch :->

-----Original Message-----
From: Peter C. Norton <spacey@inch.com>
To: fooler fools <fooler@skyinet.net>
Cc: Markus Storm <Markus.Storm@mediaWays.net>; squid-users@ircache.net
<squid-users@ircache.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 31, 1999 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: WCCP ?

>Considering that the low-end netcache is about $30-40k I know I can build
>a more redundant and reliable squid cache farm with a bigip or alteon
>switch in front of 10 bsd or linux boxen. I think at that point I could
>also exceed it's performance. With the cost of the higher-end netcache I
>could put them in 2 seperate locations and use something like distributed
>director or 3dns and have network redundancy as well, for the same cost as
>a single netcache.
>
>Netapp charges a lot for a good product - and I love their filers.
>But for a web cache they charge way too much. Squid can be built on sooo
>nicely. But if you're dealing with a company that doesn't have technical
>resources then the netapp solutions are probably worth getting.
>
>-Peter
>
>On Wed, Mar 31, 1999 at 10:04:06AM +0800, fooler fools wrote:
>> try the netappliance cache engine.. one of the designers is a former
>> designer of harvest squid cache. they claimed that its nth times faster
than
>> the squid. :->
>>
>> fooler.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Markus Storm <Markus.Storm@mediaWays.net>
>> To: squid-users@ircache.net <squid-users@ircache.net>
>> Date: Tuesday, March 30, 1999 09:25 PM
>> Subject: WCCP ?
>>
>>
>> >Hi folks,
>> >
>> >does anyone know about the status of Cisco's WCCP (Web Caching Control
>> >Protocol) ?
>> >Inktomi recently offered us a cache supporting WCCP.
>> >Did they somehow buy the specs or did Cisco open them ?
>> >Maybe even any ongoing squid development work out there ?
>> >
>> >
>> >Thanks,
>> >Markus
>
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Received on Tue Mar 30 1999 - 23:33:44 MST