Re: System Requirements

I used to run a MS Proxy2 , on their recommended specs, and the machine just
couldn't keep up. That was with 'server' hardware as well. Look at the
polygraph bake off's, and you can see what's being done to get the maximum
performance from proxy vendors (btw: open question, where's proxy 2 in the
recent bakeoff? No entry?) If your needs are modest, I believe squid runs
very well on lower hardware than MS proxy, as long as you give it enough
RAM. If you are caching buffalo.edu, then you might want to look at a good
unit, or even a load-balanced redundant setup.

Of course, YMMV
Rob

----- Original Message -----
From: <Jjlisic@fwenc.com>
To: "Kevin Ruggiero" <kdr@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
Cc: <squid-users@ircache.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 05, 2000 5:30 AM
Subject: Re: System Requirements

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> I've worked with both proxy and squid, I believe that ms proxy has some
> benefits but it has some significant problems directly related to its lack
> of compliance with socks. If your not 100% MS do not run ms proxy. This
> is just a personnal suggestion but it is more of a head ache then anything
> else. As far as system requirements, Microsoft's requirements are way too
> low for 300 users and a fast connect, you must remember that if you are
> running a T-1 or higher and have 100+ users than for adequate performance
> you need at least a PPro 200 with some fast ATA/66 HDDs, SCSI would be
nice
> though. If you only have BRI or less than T-1 with occasional use from
the
> users (30% rule) then microsoft's claims are justified for both Squid and
> MS proxy. Right now the office I am in is running 30+ users over a
Pentium
> 166, with FreeBSD 3.5 - STABLE and 64MB of RAM with some ATA/66 7200RM
HDDs
> and it works fine. Pretty much the factors that determine your required
> speed is the number of users/usage and the speed of your cached
connection.
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> I hope that helped,
>
> Jonathan Lisic
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> Kevin
> Ruggiero To: squid-users@ircache.net
> <kdr@cse.Buff cc:
> alo.EDU> Subject: System Requirements
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> 08/04/00
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> I'm currently looking into proxying solutions, and I noticed that the
> recommended configuration on the squid site is PII 300 with SCSI
> hard drives (that was listed as of 1998). When I look at the requirements
> for Microsoft Proxy Server, they are actually very low (P133 w/ 64RAM
> suggested for supporting 0-300 PCs).
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> I know sys requirements can be very subjective, and the squid site
> didn't mention how many desktops that would support, but I'm wondering why
> there's such a large gap. Can anyone offer some insight here? What would
> I really need on squid to get good performance while supporting about 100
> PCs?
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> Thanks.
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> Kevin Ruggiero -- SUNY at Buffalo
> E-mail: kdr@Buffalo.EDU
> URL : http://www.cse.buffalo.edu/~kdr
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Received on Fri Aug 04 2000 - 16:38:20 MDT