Re: [squid-users] Squid and bandwidth saving!!!

If you are using Squid then let me tell you, you did not need to configure
Squid if you have 50 or less clients. Squid by default do all things
regarding caching:)
you can make MRTG for Squid too. And show these MRTG to your boss. there
will be byte hit ratio and this is what you are saving bandwidth in %.
Can you let me know, in which enviornment you are using squid. software
house or ISP.
Most of the user are doing downloading or Browsing?
What you are seening in access.log and cache.log?

-- 
Best Regs,
Masood Ahmad Shah
System Administrator
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sukhjit Singh" <sukhjits@emmtel.com>
To: "Henrik Nordstrom" <hno@squid-cache.org>; "Frank Fegert"
<fra.nospam.nk@gmx.de>; <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2003 1:56 PM
Subject: [squid-users] Squid and bandwidth saving!!!
> Dear all squid gurus,
>
> Kindly help me with this,
> i have configured mrtg on my gateway routers (serial interface) in  order
to
> check the bandwidth utilisation.
> I am using squid +wccp for my users who access internet and the fact is
that
> there is no difference in the bandwidth utilization even if the squid is
> working or not.
>
> I have 3 scsi drives and they are 43% filled and i am getting
> Request    56 - 100/minute
> hits         23- 70/minute
>
> So if squid is not able to save bandwidth then Y using a server and
> resources for it.This is the question my Boss in asking from me.What shoud
> be my answer????
>
>
>
>
>
>    Regards
>
>    Sukhjit Singh
>    Network Administrator
>    Emmsons Infotech Ltd.
>    SCO 13-14-15, Sec 34A,
>    Chandigarh-160 022
>    (Ph): +91 172 606664
>    Mobile 9815228132
>    sukhjits@emmtel.com
>    http://www.emmtel.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Henrik Nordstrom" <hno@squid-cache.org>
> To: "Frank Fegert" <fra.nospam.nk@gmx.de>; <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 5:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] LDAP Auth + Passwd expiry
>
>
> > On Saturday 21 June 2003 13.57, Frank Fegert wrote:
> >
> > > Further testing showed, that after applying the deny_info-patch,
> > > the helper works fine, as long as squid is run in no-deamon mode
> > > (with de- bugging turned on). If i switch to deamon-mode - using
> > > "RunCache" - the helper instances are started on squid-startup, but
> > > die shortly after. Are there any special needs an external helper
> > > needs to fit to work with squid in deamon mode? Am i missing
> > > something here?
> >
> > The helpers should not notice any difference from what I know and have
> > experienced.
> >
> > However, maybe your helper tries to use /dev/tty for some reason.
> > Helpers should not use /dev/tty, but this is the only possible
> > difference I can estimate between daemon mode and no daemon mode.
> >
> > Helpers should only use stdin/stdout/stderr (stderr for error logging
> > only).
> >
> > Minor note: The RunCache scripts run Squid in no-daemon mode by using
> > the -N command line flag to Squid. The default is to run in daemon
> > mode.
> >
> > Regards
> > Henrik
> >
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>
>