RE: [squid-users] [Squid-Users] Specifications for HW per no of users

> I have looked for an answer for this, but can not seem to get the
> information that I am looking for. Websites and User forums do not seem to
> help. I am looking for what would be the recommended hardware
> requirements /
> specifications for a server running squid, nothing else, per amount of
> users. I noticed that a lot of sites said throw plenty of physical memory
> and stuff, but apart from that, not much is said on the subject.
> So, if any of you have the time, please could you give me your
> advice on the
> subject.
>
> What I am looking for is the following:
>
> For 1k users, 4k users and 8k users, please could you give me
> your advice on
> the following.
>
> CPU Speed and number:
> Amount of physical memory:
> Swap file size according to memory:
> Cache dir setup. I.e., on a 40Gig drive, would you recommend 2 cache dir's
> or one:
> What FS would you run on the cache dir:

There are high speed users and low speed users, dialup users, lan users, ...
Nobody can say from the amount of users.

How many HTTP requests/hour will they make?

Hermann
Received on Fri Apr 12 2002 - 05:17:25 MDT